I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.
Exodus 32:10 - Easy To Read Version So now let me destroy them in anger. Then I will make a great nation from you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and that I may destroy them; but I will make of you a great nation. American Standard Version (1901) now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. Common English Bible Now leave me alone! Let my fury burn and devour them. Then I’ll make a great nation out of you.” Catholic Public Domain Version Release me, so that my fury may be enraged against them, and I may destroy them, and then I will make of you a great nation." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let me alone, that my wrath may be enkindled against them, and that I may destroy them: and I will make of thee a great nation. |
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.
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And I will be very angry. I will kill you with a sword. Then your wives will become widows. And your children will become orphans.
But Moses begged the Lord his God, “Lord, don’t let your anger destroy your people. You brought these people out of Egypt with your great power and strength.
Moses came near the camp. He saw the golden calf, and he saw the people dancing. Moses became very angry, and he threw the flat stones on the ground. The stones broke into several pieces at the bottom of the mountain.
So go to the land filled with many good things. [331] But I will not go with you. You people are very stubborn, {and you make me very angry}. If I go with you, I might destroy you along the way.”
“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people of Judah. Don’t beg for them. Don’t say prayers for them. I will not listen. Those people will begin to suffer. And then they will call to me for help. But I will not listen.
Then the Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, don’t pray for good things to happen to the people of Judah.
The Lord said to me, “Jeremiah, even if Moses and Samuel were here to pray for the people of Judah, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send the people of Judah away from me. Tell them to go.
“As for you, Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people of Judah. Don’t beg for them or pray for them. Don’t beg for me to help them. I will not listen to your prayer for them.
“‘But the family of Israel turned against me in the desert. They did not follow my laws. They refused to obey my rules. \{And they are good rules\}—if a person obeys those rules, then he will live. They treated my special days of rest as if they were not important. They worked on those days many, many times. I decided to destroy them in the desert—to let them feel the full force of my anger.
I will kill them all with a terrible sickness. I will destroy them, and I will use you to make another nation. And your nation will be greater and stronger than these people.”
But Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground and cried out, “God, you know what people are thinking. [208] Please don’t be angry at all these people. Only one man really sinned.”
Let me destroy these people completely, so no one will even remember their names! Then I will make another nation from you that is stronger and greater than these people.’
I was afraid of the Lord’s terrible anger. He was angry enough to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me again.
Always tell each other the wrong things you have done. Then pray for each other. Do this so that God can heal you. When a good person prays hard, great things happen.