And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, `Go, ascend from this <FI>place<Fi> , thou and the people, whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it,'
Exodus 33:1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, `Go, ascend from this <FI>place<Fi> , thou and the people, whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it,'
Exodus 33:2 (and I have sent before thee a messenger, and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,)
Exodus 33:3 unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou <FI>art<Fi> a stiff-necked people--lest I consume thee in the way.'
The verse centers on "jehovah", "speaketh", "moses", "ascend", "place", "thou", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "speaketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The next verse adds "and I have sent before thee a...", so "jehovah" and "speaketh" should be read forward into that movement. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "speaketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.