Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may grow hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.
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Jerome
AD 420
On another occasion God said to Moses, “Let me alone … that I may consume this people,” showing by the words “let me alone” that he can be withheld from doing what he threatens. The prayers of his servant hindered his power. Who, think you, is there now under heaven able to stay God’s wrath, to face the flame of his judgment and to say with the apostle, “I could wish that I myself were accursed for my brethren”? Letter
