Psalms 81:12
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Majority Standard Bible
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 would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
Cross References
Exodus 11:9The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
1 Samuel 8:19Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
Isaiah 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
Jeremiah 42:21For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has 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 →