"Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, "I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.
Deuteronomy 9:13
Surrounding context
9:12 "Then the LORD said to me, "Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molded image.'
9:13 "Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, "I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.
9:14 Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'