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Psalms 81:11

ObedienceGod's word

9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

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BSB
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
KJV
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
WEB
But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
ASV
But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
DARBY
But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
BLB
My people would not listen to My voice, and Israel has not consented to Me.
ÅB
Men mitt folk hørte ikke min røst, og Israel ville ikke lyde meg.
OTB
Men mitt folk hørte ikke på min røst,
Og Israel fulgte meg ikke.
B1930
Men mitt folk hørte ikke min røst, og Israel vilde ikke lyde mig.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 7:23–24

    but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:18

    You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

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  • Jeremiah 2:11–13

    Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

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  • Exodus 32:1

    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

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  • Zechariah 7:11

    But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

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  • Proverbs 1:30

    They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

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  • Hebrews 10:29

    How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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