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Psalms 81:12

81:11 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

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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

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

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

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

What does Psalms 81:12 mean?

Psalms 81:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁלַח (shâlach), לֵב (lêb), שְׁרִירוּת (shᵉrîyrûwth).

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So
I
gave
them
upשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
unto
their
own
hearts'לֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
lust:שְׁרִירוּתshᵉrîyrûwth/sher-ee-rooth'/H8307obstinacy
and
they
walkedיָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
in
their
own
counsels.מוֹעֵצָהmôwʻêtsâh/mo-ay-tsaw'/H4156a purpose
unto:
or,
to
the
hardness
of
their
hearts,
or,
imagination

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 81:12.

Genesis 21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 24:56

And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

Jeremiah 7:24

But 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. imagination: or, stubbornness went: Heb. were

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What does Psalms 81:12 say?

Psalms 81:12 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 81:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 81:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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