Their solution was to create for themselves a god which was impersonal, unholy and easily manipulated - one which did not frighten them and whose presence did not demand something which they themselves could not do. At this point God very nearly gave up on them entirely and they became disqualified from fulfilling God's original intention (Ex 32:9,10).
Wakati huu Mungu alikuwa ameshaamua kuwatupilia mbali na wakawa hawatoshi kiwango cha kuwawezesha kuhitimu na kutenda nia awali ya Mungu (Kutoka 32: 9, 10).