Psalms 81:9
\81:8\Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
In Context
10\81:9\There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.
Cross References
Exodus 20:3You are to have no other gods but me.
Deuteronomy 32:12So the Lord only was his guide, no other god was with him.
Psalms 44:20\44:19\Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.
Isaiah 28:23Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.
Hosea 4:1Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.
1 Corinthians 8:5For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,
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 →