³⁰ “The people of Israel and Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth;^(A) indeed, the people of Israel have done nothing but arouse my anger^(B) with what their hands have made,^(C) declares the Lord.

²² For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands^(A) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,^{(B) 23} but I gave them this command:^(C) Obey^(D) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.^(E) Walk in obedience to all^(F) I command you, that it may go well^(G) with you. ²⁴ But they did not listen^(H) or pay attention;^(I) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.^(J) They went backward^(K) and not forward. ²⁵ From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again^(L) I sent you my servants^(M) the prophets.^{(N) 26} But they did not listen to me or pay attention.^(O) They were stiff-necked^(P) and did more evil than their ancestors.’^(Q)

⁷ “But you did not listen to me,” declares the Lord, “and you have aroused^(A) my anger with what your hands have made,^(B) and you have brought harm^(C) to yourselves.”

The Golden Calf

⁷ Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger^(A) of the Lord your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious^(B) against the Lord.^{(C) 8} At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath^(D) so that he was angry enough to destroy you.^{(E) 9} When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant^(F) that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days^(G) and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.^{(H) 10} The Lord gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.^(I) On them were all the commandments the Lord proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.^(J)

¹¹ At the end of the forty days and forty nights,^(K) the Lord gave me the two stone tablets,^(L) the tablets of the covenant. ¹² Then the Lord told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt.^(M) They have turned away quickly^(N) from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves.”

²¹ The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma^(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground^(B) because of humans, even though^[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.^(C) And never again will I destroy^(D) all living creatures,^(E) as I have done.