Deuteronômio 9:12

12 E o Senhor me disse: Levanta-te, desce logo daqui, porque o teu povo, que tiraste do Egito, já se corrompeu; cedo se desviaram do caminho que eu lhes ordenei; fizeram para si uma imagem de fundição.

Deuteronômio 9:12 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:12

And the Lord said unto me
The omniscient God, who knew what was doing in the camp of Israel, though Moses did not, of which he informs him:

arise, get thee down quickly from hence;
from the mount where he was; and the word "arise" does not suppose him to be sitting or lying along, neither of which postures would have been suitable, considering in whose presence he was; but is only expressive of urgency and haste of his departure; it is not used in ( Exodus 32:7 )

for thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt, have
corrupted themselves;
their way, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, by idolatry, than which nothing is more corrupting and defiling; the Lord calls them not his people, but the people of Moses, being highly displeased with them; and ascribes their coming out of Egypt to Moses the instrument, and not to himself, as if he repented of bringing them from thence:

they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them:
it being but about six weeks ago, that the command forbidding idolatry, the sin they had fallen into, had been given them:

and they have made them a molten image;
the image of a calf made of melted gold.

Deuteronômio 9:12 In-Context

10 E o Senhor me deu as duas tábuas de pedra, escritas com o dedo de Deus; e nelas estavam escritas todas aquelas palavras que o Senhor tinha falado convosco no monte, do meio do fogo, no dia da assembléia.

11 Sucedeu, pois, que ao fim dos quarenta dias e quarenta naites, o Senhor me deu as duas tábuas de pedra, as tábuas do pacto.

12 E o Senhor me disse: Levanta-te, desce logo daqui, porque o teu povo, que tiraste do Egito, já se corrompeu; cedo se desviaram do caminho que eu lhes ordenei; fizeram para si uma imagem de fundição.

13 Disse-me ainda o Senhor: Atentei para este povo, e eis que ele é povo de dura cerviz;

14 deixa-me que o destrua, e apague o seu nome de debaixo do céu; e farei de ti nação mais poderosa e mais numerosa do que esta.