Deuteronomy 9:19

For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.

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In The King James Version

For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.

In Context

18And I went down on my face before the Lord, as at the first, for forty days and forty nights, without taking food or drinking water, because of all your sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord and moving him to wrath.

20And the Lord, in his wrath, would have put Aaron to death: and I made prayer for Aaron at the same time.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:10Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.

Exodus 33:17And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.

Deuteronomy 9:8Again in Horeb you made the Lord angry, and in his wrath he would have put an end to you.

Nehemiah 1:2That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,

Psalms 106:19They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an image of gold.

Amos 7:2And it came about that after they had taken all the grass of the land, I said, O Lord God, have mercy: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.

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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