Psalms 81:13
וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם יֵלְכוּ בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
In Context
12וְלֹא ־ שָׁמַע עַמִּי לְקוֹלִי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא ־ אָבָה לִֽי ׃
14לוּ עַמִּי שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּדְרָכַי יְהַלֵּֽכוּ ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:12וְעַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל מָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שֹׁאֵל מֵעִמָּךְ כִּי אִם ־ לְיִרְאָה אֶת ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָלֶכֶת בְּכָל ־ דְּרָכָיו וּלְאַהֲבָה אֹתוֹ וְלַֽעֲבֹד אֶת ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל ־ לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל ־ נַפְשֶֽׁךָ ׃
Proverbs 1:31וְֽיֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִי דַרְכָּם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹתֵיהֶם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ ׃
Jeremiah 7:24וְלֹא שָֽׁמְעוּ וְלֹֽא ־ הִטּוּ אֶת ־ אָזְנָם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ בְּמֹעֵצוֹת בִּשְׁרִרוּת לִבָּם הָרָע וַיִּהְיוּ לְאָחוֹר וְלֹא לְפָנִֽים ׃
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 →