Deuteronomy 9:13

13 The LORD also said to me, "I've seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with.

Deuteronomy 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:13

Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying
After he had given him the two tables, and before his departure from the mount:

I have seen this people;
took notice of them, their ways, and their works:

and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people;
unwilling to submit to, and bear the yoke of my commandments; see ( Exodus 32:9 ) .

Deuteronomy 9:13 In-Context

11 At the end of the 40 days and 40 nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets with his promise on them.

12 He told me, "Leave right away. Your people whom you brought out of Egypt have ruined [everything]. They've quickly turned from the way I commanded them to live. They've made an idol for themselves."

13 The LORD also said to me, "I've seen these people, and they are impossible to deal with.

14 Leave me alone! I'll destroy them and wipe their name off the earth. Then I'll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are."

15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it was still burning with fire. I was carrying the two tablets with the promise on them.