Deuteronomy 9:14

Let me send destruction on them till their very name is cut off; and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

In Context

13And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:

15So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.

Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.

Psalms 9:5\9:4\For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

Isaiah 62:6I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 9:8-29

Cautions Against Self-Righteousness; Israel Reminded of Their Rebellions. ( b. c. 1451.) 7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord . 8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you. 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the… Read the whole commentary →

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