31. So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “How terrible it is! These people have sinned horribly. They have made for themselves gods from gold.
32. Now, forgive them of this sin. If you will not, then erase my name. Erase it from the book in which you have written the names of your people.”
33. But the Lord told Moses, “I will erase from my book the names of the people who sin against me.
34. So now, go. Lead the people where I have told you. My angel will lead you. When the time comes to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”
35. So the Lord caused terrible things to happen to the people. He did this because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.