Bible verse
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Psalm 81:11 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 81.
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
11 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14 how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
KJV
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
ASV
But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
ERV
But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
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