Exodus 32:9-11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ And again the Lord said to Moses: See that this people is stiffnecked:

¹⁰ Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation.

¹¹ But Moses besought the Lord his God, saying: Why, O Lord, is thy indignation kindled against thy people, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, with great power, and with a mighty hand?