"Then the LORDsaidto me, 'Arise,godownfrom herequickly,for your peoplewhomyou broughtout of Egypthave actedcorruptly.They have quicklyturnedasidefrom the waywhichI commandedthem; they have madea moltenimagefor themselves.'
But turnedbackand actedtreacherouslylike their fathers;They turnedasidelike a treacherousbow.
Mosessaidto the people,"Rememberthisdayin whichyou wentout from Egypt,from the houseof slavery;for by a powerfulhandthe LORDbroughtyou out from thisplace. And nothingleavenedshall be eaten.
Now when the peoplesawthat Mosesdelayedto comedownfrom the mountain,the peopleassembledaboutAaronand saidto him, "Come,makeus a godwhowill gobeforeus; as for thisMoses,the manwhobroughtus up from the landof Egypt,we do not knowwhathas becomeof him."
Whatshall I dowith you, O Ephraim?Whatshall I dowith you, O Judah?For your loyaltyis like a morningcloudAnd like the dewwhich goesaway early.
I am amazedthat you are soquicklydesertingHim who calledyou by the graceof Christ,for a differentgospel;
"For I knowthat aftermy deathyou will actcorruptlyand turnfrom the waywhichI have commandedyou; and evilwill befallyou in the latterdays,for you will dothat whichis evilin the sightof the LORD,provokingHim to angerwith the workof your hands."
"They have actedcorruptlytoward Him, [They are] not His children,because of their defect;[But are] a perverseand crookedgeneration.
sothat you do not actcorruptlyand makea gravenimagefor yourselves in the formof anyfigure,the likenessof maleorfemale,
You shall rememberthat you were a slavein the landof Egypt,and the LORDyour Godbroughtyou out of thereby a mightyhandand by an outstretchedarm;thereforethe LORDyour Godcommandedyou to observethe sabbathday.
"And I sawthat you had indeedsinnedagainst the LORDyour God.You had madefor yourselves a moltencalf;you had turnedasidequicklyfrom the waywhichthe LORDhad commandedyou.
"I prayedto the LORDand said,'O LordGOD,do not destroyYour people,even Your inheritance,whomYou have redeemedthrough Your greatness,whomYou have broughtout of Egyptwith a mightyhand.
Yet they are Your people,even Your inheritance,whomYou have broughtout by Your greatpowerand Your outstretchedarm.'
But these menrevilethe things whichthey do not understand;and the things whichthey knowby instinct,likeunreasoninganimals,by these thingsthey are destroyed.
Yetthey did not listento their judges,for they playedthe harlotafterothergodsand bowedthemselves downto them. They turnedasidequicklyfrom the wayin whichtheir fathershad walkedin obeyingthe commandmentsof the LORD;they didnot doas [their fathers].
