Psalms 81:9

(81:10) There shall not be among thee a foreign God; nor shalt thou bow thyself down to any strange God.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

In Context

8(81:9) Hear, O my people, and I will give warning unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldst but hearken unto me!

10(81:11) I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 32:12So did the Lord alone lead him, and there was not with him a stranger god.

Psalms 44:20(44:21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God:

Isaiah 28:23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.

Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel; for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; because there is no truth, nor kindness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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 →

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