King James Version
Psalms 81:11 in the King James Version says “But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 81 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.”
Psalms 81:11 · KJV
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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. unto: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“would not hearken”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“But my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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