For example, consider Jehovah’s words to Moses after the Israelites had made a golden calf to worship. God said: “I have looked at this people and here it is a stiff - necked people.
وَٱلْآنَ دَعْنِي لِيَحْتَدِمَ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِمْ وَأُفْنِيَهُمْ ،‏ وَأَجْعَلَكَ أَنْتَ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً » .‏ —‏ خر ٣٢ :‏ ​ ٩ ،‏ ١٠‏ .‏