Exodus 32:14
The Lord changed his mind over the disaster he threatened to cause his people.
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In The King James Version
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
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Cross References
Numbers 14:20“I have forgiven them as you asked,” the Lord replied.
Deuteronomy 32:26I would have told them I was going to cut them to pieces and wipe out even the memory of them;
Judges 2:18When the Lord provided Israel with judges over Israel, he was with each judge and saved the people from their enemies during that judge's lifetime, because the Lord felt sorry for his people, who groaned under their oppressors and persecutors.
1 Chronicles 21:15God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was about to destroy it, the Lord saw it, and he relented from causing such a disaster. He told the destroying angel, “That's enough. You can stop now.” Right then the angel of the Lord was standing beside the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Psalms 106:45He remembered the agreement he had made with them, and he held back because of his great kindness and love.
Jeremiah 26:13So change your ways and do what's right, and do what Lord your God tells you, so that he won't have to carry out the disaster he has announced he will bring down on you.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:8-15
The Intercession of Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a… Read the whole commentary →