Exodus 32:9-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹ The Lord also said to Moses: “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked^(A) people. ¹⁰ Now leave Me alone, so that My anger can burn against them and I can destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”^(B)

¹¹ But Moses interceded with the Lord his God: “Lord, why does Your anger burn against Your people You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand?