⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“I have seen this people, and indeed it is a ^[a]stiff-necked people!

⁵ For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ^[a]ornaments, that I may ^(A)know what to do to you.’ ”