A Stiffnecked People
The Lord said to Moses, "I see this is a stiffnecked people. Now let Me be, that my anger may blaze forth against them and that I may destroy them" (Exodus, 32: 9, 10)
Moses had been up on the mountain top for awhile receiving God's commandments. The people had lost faith in his return - and in God. They built a golden calf to worship and began sacrificing animals to it.