Psalm 81:11

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

My people would not listen to My voice, and Israel has not consented to Me.

Latin

Et non audivit populus meus vocem meam, et Israël non intendit mihi.

Hebrew

English

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

The Lord helps Israel to understand that their failure was not because of his weakness.

This warning message invites Israel to worship only the Lord and to enjoy the fullness of his blessing.

Jeremiah 7:23–24
…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.
Deuteronomy 32:18
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Jeremiah 2:11–13
Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
Exodus 32:1
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 Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
Deuteronomy 32:15
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.
Hebrews 10:29
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?
Proverbs 1:30
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
Psalm 106:12–13
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes