Psalms 81:13
Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
In Context
12So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.
14I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:12And nowe, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his wayes, and to loue him, and to serue the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soule?
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eate of ye fruite of their owne way, and be filled with their owne deuises.
Jeremiah 7:24But they would not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels and the stubbernesse of their wicked heart, and went backewarde and not forwarde.
Luke 19:41And when he was come neere, he behelde the Citie, and wept for it,
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 →