Psalm 81:11 “But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.”

Psalm 81:11

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

World English Bible

But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

American Standard Version

But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

Geneva Bible 1599

But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.

Darby Translation

But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

Young's Literal Translation

But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

Bible in Basic English

But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

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Cross references

“people”

Jeremiah 2:11–13 Zechariah 7:11 Psalm 106:12 Psalm 106:13 Jeremiah 7:23 Jeremiah 7:24

Jeremiah 2:11–13 · BSB

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Zechariah 7:11 · BSB

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

Psalm 106:12 · BSB

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Psalm 106:13 · BSB

Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

Jeremiah 7:23 · BSB

but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

Jeremiah 7:24 · BSB

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

“would none”

Deuteronomy 32:18 Exodus 32:1 Deuteronomy 32:15 Proverbs 1:30 Hebrews 10:29

Deuteronomy 32:18 · BSB

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Exodus 32:1 · BSB

Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egyp…

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Proverbs 1:30 · BSB

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

Hebrews 10:29 · BSB

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

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