Psalms 81:11
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 7:23–24
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:18
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:11–13
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Read in contextExodus 32:1
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Read in contextZechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Read in contextProverbs 1:30
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Read in contextHebrews 10:29
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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