²³ If you do mistreat them, and they ^(A)cry out to me, I will surely ^(B)hear their cry, ²⁴ and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and ^(C)your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, ^(A)it is a stiff-necked people. ¹⁰ Now therefore ^(B)let me alone, that ^(C)my wrath may burn hot against them and ^(D)I may consume them, in order that ^(E)I may make a great nation of you.”