Chapter 9

Hear,³ O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over⁶ Jordan this day, to go in² to possess² nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced⁷ up to heaven,

A people great and tall,⁶ the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest,¹ and [of whom] thou hast heard¹ [say], Who can stand¹⁰¹ before the children of Anak!

Understand¹ therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which goeth over⁶ before thee; [as] a consuming⁶ fire he shall destroy⁵⁵ them, and he shall bring them down⁵⁵ before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out,⁵² and destroy⁵² them quickly, as the LORD hath said¹⁴ unto thee.

Speak⁴ not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out² from before thee, saying,² For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in⁵² to possess² this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out⁵⁶ from before thee.

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go⁶ to possess² their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out⁵⁶ from before thee, and that he may perform⁵³ the word which the LORD sware⁸ unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Understand¹ therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth⁶ thee not this good land to possess² it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiffnecked ⁷¹⁸⁶ people.

Remember,³ [and] forget⁴ not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath⁵² in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart¹ out of the land of Egypt, until ye came² unto this place, ye have been rebellious⁵⁶ against the LORD.

Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath,⁵² so that the LORD was angry¹⁰¹ with you to have destroyed⁵³ you.

When I was gone up² into the mount to receive² the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made¹ with you, then I abode⁴ in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat¹ bread nor drink¹ water:

And the LORD delivered⁴ unto me two tables of stone written⁷ with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which the LORD spake¹⁴ with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, [that] the LORD gave¹ me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant.

And the LORD said⁴ unto me, Arise,³ get thee down³ quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth⁵² out of Egypt have corrupted¹⁴ [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside¹ out of the way which I commanded¹⁴ them; they have made¹ them a molten image.

Furthermore the LORD spake⁴ unto me, saying,² I have seen¹ this people, and, behold, it [is] a stiffnecked ⁷¹⁸⁶ people:

Let me alone,⁵⁴ that I may destroy⁵⁵ them, and blot out⁴ their name from under heaven: and I will make⁴ of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

So I turned⁴ and came down⁴ from the mount, and the mount burned⁶ with fire: and the two tables of the covenant [were] in my two hands.

And I looked,⁴ and, behold, ye had sinned¹ against the LORD your God, [and] had made¹ you a molten calf: ye had turned aside¹ quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded¹⁴ you.

And I took⁴ the two tables, and cast⁵⁵ them out of my two hands, and brake¹⁷ them before your eyes.

And I fell down¹⁰¹ before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat¹ bread, nor drink¹ water, because of all your sins which ye sinned,¹ in doing² wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.⁵³

For I was afraid¹ of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth¹ against you to destroy⁵³ you. But the LORD hearkened⁴ unto me at that time also.

And the LORD was very angry⁹⁸ with Aaron to have destroyed⁵³ him: and I prayed¹⁰¹ for Aaron also the same time.

And I took¹ your sin, the calf which ye had made,¹ and burnt⁴ it with fire, and stamped⁴ it, [and] ground² [it] very small,⁵³ [even] until it was as small¹ as dust: and I cast⁵⁵ the dust thereof into the brook that descended⁶ out of the mount.

And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.⁵⁶

Likewise when the LORD sent² you from Kadeshbarnea, saying,² Go up³ and possess³ the land which I have given¹ you; then ye rebelled⁵⁵ against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed⁵² him not, nor hearkened¹ to his voice.

Ye have been rebellious⁵⁶ against the LORD from the day that I knew² you.

Thus I fell down¹⁰¹ before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down⁹⁸ [at the first]; because the LORD had said¹ he would destroy⁵³ you.

I prayed¹⁰¹ therefore unto the LORD, and said,⁴ O Lord GOD, destroy⁵⁵ not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed¹ through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth⁵² out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Remember³ thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look⁴ not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out⁵² say,⁴ Because the LORD was not able² to bring⁵³ them into the land which he promised¹⁴ them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out⁵² to slay⁵³ them in the wilderness.

Yet they [are] thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out⁵² by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out⁷ arm.