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Psalms 81:11

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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people

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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

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

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