Psalms 81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
In Context
11But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
13O that my people would hearken to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
Cross References
Exodus 11:9And LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 8:19But the people refused to hearken to the voice of Samuel. And they said, No, but we will have a king over us
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and stiffened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
Isaiah 30:1Woe to the rebellious sons, says LORD, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Did not LORD? He against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, nor were they obedient to his law.
Jeremiah 42:21And I have this day declared it to you. But ye have not obeyed the voice of LORD your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:9-16
Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 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. 11 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… Read the whole commentary →