Exodus 32:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Should

Ezekiel 20:9

Turn from

Psalm 85:3

Repent

General references

Numbers 12:13

Psalm 115:2

Bible References

Should

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, for thou didst bring this people out of the midst of them with thy might;

lest those of the land from which thou didst bring us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them or because he hated them, he has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

I said I would shatter them in pieces: I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it and shall compass us around and cut off our name from upon the earth; then what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

Remember this, that the enemy has spoken against the LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Help us, O God, our saving health, for the honor of thy name and deliver us and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

With all this, I intervened for my name's sake that it should not be polluted before the Gentiles, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

Turn from

And none of the anathema shall cleave to thine hand that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show thee mercy and have compassion upon thee and multiply thee, as he has sworn unto thy fathers,

And they raised over them a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

Let our rulers of all the congregation now stand, and let all those who have taken strange women in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of each city and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter is turned from us.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Repent

Then the LORD repented of the evil which he said should be done unto his people.

And the LORD repented of having made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

For the LORD shall judge his people and repent himself for his slaves when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up or left.

Return unto us, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy slaves.

and remember his covenant with them and repent according to the multitude of his mercies.

The LORD repented of this; It shall not be, said the LORD.

Who can tell if God will turn and repent and turn away from his fierce anger, that we not perish?

For thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, As I thought to punish you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, said the LORD of the hosts, and I did not repent:

General references

Then Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

Why should the Gentiles say, Where is now their God?