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Psalm 81:8

New International Reader's Version

“My people, listen and I will warn you. Israel, I wish you would listen to me!

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God says, “Listen, my people, and I will speak. I will be a witness against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

“I wish my people would listen to me! I wish Israel would live as I want them to live!

He said, “I am the Lord your God. Listen carefully to me. Do what is right in my eyes. Pay attention to my commands. Obey all my rules. If you do, I will not send on you any of the sicknesses I sent on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you.”

Moses called the place Massah and Meribah. That’s because the people of Israel argued with him there. They also tested the Lord. They asked, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud covered the mountain. A trumpet gave out a very loud blast. Everyone in the camp trembled with fear.

But you have to be willing to change and obey me. If you are, you will eat the good things that grow on the land.

Those were the waters of Meribah. That’s where the Israelites argued with the Lord. And that’s where he was proven to be holy among them.

What I’m about to tell you is true. We speak about what we know. We are witnesses about what we have seen. But still you people do not accept what we say.

I have told both Jews and Greeks that they must turn away from their sins to God. They must have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Then he said to them, “Think carefully about all the words I have announced to you today. I want you to command your children to be careful to obey all the words of this law.

Go near and listen to everything the Lord our God says. Then tell us what he tells you. We will listen and obey.”

We accept what people say when they are witnesses. But it’s more important when God is a witness. That’s because it is what God says about his Son.




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