Psalms 81:11
But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
In Context
12So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:30Because they would not attend to my counsel, And have despised all my reproof,—
Jeremiah 7:23But this command gave I to them: “Hearken,” said I, “to my voice, And I will be your God, And ye shall be my people. And walk ye in all the ways which I command you, That it may go well with 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 →