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Psalms 81:11–12

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But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
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From verse 11

  1. Jeremiah 7:23–24Rank 1 from verse 11
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    23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

    24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

  2. Deuteronomy 32:18Rank 2 from verse 11
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    18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

  3. Exodus 32:1Rank 3 from verse 11
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    1AND when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

  4. Jeremiah 2:11–13Rank 4 from verse 11
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    11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

    12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

    13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  5. Deuteronomy 32:15Rank 5 from verse 11
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    15¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:24Rank 1 from verse 12
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    24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

  2. Romans 1:24Rank 2 from verse 12
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    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

  3. Isaiah 30:1Rank 3 from verse 12
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    1WOE to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

  4. Acts 7:42Rank 4 from verse 12
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    42Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11Rank 5 from verse 12
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    9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

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Psalms 81:11

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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Psalms 81:12

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hearts

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The inward lives of persons: their thoughts, understanding, conscience, affections, desires, purposes, will, courage, or disposition.

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lust

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Sense 1: Strong desire, craving, or appetite. Sense 2: To desire or crave.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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81:1SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

81:2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

81:3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

81:4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

81:5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

81:6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

81:8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

81:9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

81:10I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

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81:12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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81:13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

81:14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

81:15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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