13. “The Lord also said to me, ‘I have watched these people. They are very stubborn!
14. Let me destroy these people completely, so no one will even remember their names. Then I will make another nation from you that is stronger and greater than these people.’
15. “Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two stone tablets of the agreement were in my hands.
16. I looked and I saw you had sinned against the Lord your God. I saw the calf you made from melted gold! You stopped obeying the Lord so quickly.
17. So I took the two stone tablets and threw them down. There before your eyes I broke the stones into pieces.
18. Then I bowed down before the Lord with my face to the ground for 40 days and 40 nights, as I did before. I did not eat any food or drink any water. I did this because you had sinned so badly. You did the thing that is evil to the Lord, and you made him angry.