“And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.”
King James Version (KJV)
9:14 The Lord watched - God's watching denotes the fit ways that he always takes to punish sinners.
9:17 For the Lord's sake - For the sake of the Messiah: to whom the title Lord is frequently given in the Old Testament.