Psalms 81:12
So I sent them away to follow their stubborn thinking, living as they chose.
Free Bible 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 didn't listen to me. Israel didn't want anything to do with me.
13If only my people would listen to me; if only Israel would follow my ways!
Cross References
Exodus 11:9The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh is refusing to listen to you so I can do even more miracles in Egypt.”
1 Samuel 8:19But the people refused to listen to what Samuel said. “No!” they insisted. “We want our own king!
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our forefathers acted arrogantly and became stubborn, and didn't pay attention to your commands.
Isaiah 30:1Tragedy is coming to my defiant children, declares the Lord. You make plans that don't come from me; you make alliances against my wishes, adding sin to sin.
Isaiah 42:24Who let Jacob be taken as loot; who let Israel be taken by robbers? Wasn't it the Lord who we sinned against? The people weren't willing to follow his ways, and they refused to obey his law.
Jeremiah 42:21I have told you today what he said, but you have not obeyed everything the Lord your God sent me to tell 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 →