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Yahweh said to me, Arise, get you down quickly from hence; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

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God's Holy Displeasure

Commentator John Gill highlights the severity of God's anger. By referring to the Israelites as 'thy people' (Moses' people) instead of 'My people,' God distances Himself from them in His displeasure. This linguistic shift underscores the deep corruption that their idolatry represented in God's eyes.

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Deuteronomy

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Deuteronomy 9:12

19th Century

Bishop

Arise, get thee down. —The words recorded here and in Deuteronomy 9:13-14 are given at length in Exodus 32:7 and followin…

John Gill

John Gill

On Deuteronomy 9:12

17th Century

Pastor

And the Lord said to me
The omniscient God, who knew what was doing in the camp of Israel, though Moses did not, of …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Deuteronomy 9:7–29

17th Century

Minister

So that the Israelites might have no pretense to think that God brought them to Canaan for their righteousness, Moses shows what a miracle of mercy…

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