Yahweh said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”
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Yahweh said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”
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And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
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And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have dealt corruptly; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.'
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 9:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 32:7-8 Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves! They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
- Judges 2:17 Yet they didn’t listen to their judges; for they prostituted themselves to other gods, and bowed themselves down to them. They quickly turned away from the way in which their fathers walked, obeying Yahweh’s commandments. They didn’t do so.
- Hosea 6:4 “Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
- Galatians 1:6 I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,
- Genesis 6:11-12 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Deuteronomy 4:16 lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
- Deuteronomy 9:16 I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly turned away from the way which Yahweh had commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 32:5 They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.
- Psalms 78:57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
- Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain So soon as man declineth from the obedience of…
So soon as man declineth from the obedience of God, his ways are corrupt.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise,…
Deu 9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Ver. 12. Arise] From off thy knees; the petitioner’s posture. St James, they say, {a} had knees as hard as camels’ knees, with continual kneeling: and Hilarion was found dead in his oratory with knees bent, eyes and hands lifted up. {b} Father Latimer, during his imprisonment, was so constant and instant in prayer, that ofttimes he was not able to rise without help. {c}
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{a} Euseb.
{b} Jerome.
{c} Act. and Mon., fol. 1579.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord said unto me,.... The omniscient God,…
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 Exo 32:7.
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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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Thy people - have corrupted themselves] Debased…
Verse 12. Thy people - have corrupted themselves] Debased themselves by making and worshipping an Egyptian idol. See Clarke on Ex 32:1, &c.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Have quickly. Hebrew, "have become corrupt; they have quickly…
Have quickly. Hebrew, "have become corrupt; they have quickly abandoned the way which I commanded them." (Haydock) --- Septuagint, "the people hath sinned....they have quickly transgressed," &c. (Calmet) --- Idol. Protestants have "image." The Hebrews had called the similitude of a calf their god, Exodus xxxii. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy…
Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people . . . have corrupted themselves--With a view to humble them effectually, Moses proceeds to particularize some of the most atrocious instances of their infidelity. He begins with the impiety of the golden calf--an impiety which, while their miraculous emancipation from Egypt, the most stupendous displays of the Divine Majesty that were exhibited on the adjoining mount, and the recent ratification of the covenant by which they engaged to act as the people of God, were fresh in memory, indicated a degree of inconstancy or debasement almost incredible.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12-14. Get thee down quickly — The words of…
12-14. Get thee down quickly — The words of Jehovah are taken almost literally from Exo_33:7-10.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Taken from E, Exo_32:7-8 a (on which see…
12. Taken from E, Exo_32:7-8 a (on which see notes) with the addition of quickly from here and the substitution of brought forth (D’s favourite expression) for brought up; and the omission of calf.
corrupted themselves] Deu_4:16; Deu_4:25, Deu_31:29 also Pl. passages: while the Sg. passages use one form of the verb only in the sense to destroy: Deu_4:31, Deu_10:10, Deu_20:19-20 : cp. Deu_9:26.
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the way] See on Deu_5:33. Here the particular reference is to the 2nd commandment.
a molten image] Heb. a molten (thing), Exo_32:4; Exo_32:8 molten calf. Steuern. takes this v. as another doublet superfluous before 13, and, along with Deu_9:10 when compared with the expanded Heb. text of Exo_32:7-9 (of which the LXX omits parts), illustrative of the manner in which an editor expanded parallel passages with each other’s contents. But the superfluity of the v. is not so apparent. Some mention of the molten image seems necessary here.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Arise, get thee down.—The words recorded here and…
(12) Arise, get thee down.—The words recorded here and in Deu_9:13-14, are given at length in Exo_32:7, &c. Moses’ intercession at that time is recorded also.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 12-14. (cf. Exo_32:7-10) Let me alone; literally, Desist…
Vers. 12-14. (cf. Exo_32:7-10) Let me alone; literally, Desist from me, i.e. Do not by pleadings and entreaties attempt to prevent me; in Exo_32:10 the expression used is, "Let me rest; leave me in quiet (yli hjyNh) cease to urge me."
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:12 The type of idol (from a Hebrew word…
9:12 The type of idol (from a Hebrew word meaning cast or pour) mentioned here was formed by pouring liquid metal into a mold (Exod 32:1-4). Other idols were made of carved wood, stone, clay, or precious metals hammered in thin sheets over wooden cores.
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