Exodus 32:9-11

Darby Translation

⁹ And Jehovah said to Moses, I see this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

¹⁰ And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation.

¹¹ And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Why, Jehovah, doth thy wrath burn against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?