TSK · Deuteronomy 9:19

So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”

The LORD said to Moses,“I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

Hanani, who was one of my relatives, along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem.

They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.

When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said,“Sovereign LORD, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.