Deuteronomy 9:13

13 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, I have spoken to thee once and again, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

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 And it came to pass after forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.

12 And the Lord said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence, for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have transgressed; they have gone aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, and have made themselves a molten image.

13 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, I have spoken to thee once and again, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

14 And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of thee a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.

15 And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies in my two hands.