I will come up into the midst of thee, to wit, in anger; not in favour, Exo_33:3, where the words are the same, but the sense differing,
and consume thee.
Object. But God had promised he would not do so, Exo_33:3.
Answ. That was signified to Moses, not to the people, to whom the threatening was most proper and profitable; and this threatening hath a condition implied, to wit, except they repent, as the next words plainly show.
That I may know what to do unto thee; that I may either inflict my judgments, or suspend them, as thou art penitent or impenitent.