Deuteronomy 9:14

Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and wipe out their name from under the heavens,—and make thee into a nation stronger and more in number than they.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 Yahweh spake unto me saying,—I have looked on this people, and lo! a stiff-necked people, it is.

15So I turned, and came down out of the mountain, now the mountain was burning with fire,—and the two tables of the covenant were upon my two hands.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32Now, therefore, if thou wilt forgive their sin, …but if not, blot me I pray thee out of thy book, which thou hast written,

Deuteronomy 29:20Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, but, then, will the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy smoke against that man, and all the oath that is written in this scroll, shall settle down upon him,—and Yahweh wipe out his name from under the heavens;

Psalms 9:5Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age-abiding and beyond.

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous, yieldeth blessing, but, the name of the lawless, dieth out.

Isaiah 62:6Upon thy walls O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace,—O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest to yourselves,

Jeremiah 15:1Then said Yahweh unto me, Though Moses and Samuel should stand before me, My soul could not be toward this people,—Send them away from before me And let them go forth.

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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