19 At Horeb they made a calf

and worshiped the cast metal image.x

20 They exchanged their gloryA,B

for the image of a grass-eating ox.y

21 They forgot God their Savior,

who did great things in Egypt,z

22 wondrous works in the land of Ham,C

awe-inspiring acts at the Red Sea.aa

23 So he said he would have destroyed them—

if Moses his chosen one

had not stood before him in the breach

to turn his wrath away from destroying them.ab