7 The Lord spoke to Moses: “Go down at once! For your people you brought up from the land of Egypt have acted corruptly.o 8 They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them; they have made for themselves an image of a calf. They have bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, ‘Israel, these are your gods, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.’ ”p 9 The Lord also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-neckedq 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.”a