Psalms 81:13
So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
In Context
12But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
14If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:
Proverbs 1:31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
Jeremiah 7:24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear: but walked in their own will, and in the perversity of their wicked heart: and went backward and not forward,
Luke 19:41And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:
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 →