Deuteronômio 9:12

12 e me disse: ‘Desça imediatamente, pois o seu povo, que você tirou do Egito, corrompeu-se. Eles se afastaram bem depressa do caminho que eu lhes ordenei e fizeram um ídolo de metal para si’.

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 O SENHOR me deu as duas tábuas de pedra escritas pelo dedo de Deus. Nelas estavam escritas todas as palavras que o SENHOR proclamou a vocês no monte, de dentro do fogo, no dia da assembleia.

11 “Passados os quarenta dias e quarenta noites, o SENHOR me deu as duas tábuas de pedra, as tábuas da aliança,

12 e me disse: ‘Desça imediatamente, pois o seu povo, que você tirou do Egito, corrompeu-se. Eles se afastaram bem depressa do caminho que eu lhes ordenei e fizeram um ídolo de metal para si’.

13 “E o SENHOR me disse: ‘Vejo que este povo é realmente um povo obstinado!

14 Deixe que eu os destrua e apague o nome deles de debaixo do céu. E farei de você uma nação mais forte e mais numerosa do que eles’.