Psalm 81:15

Modern

Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

Traditional

The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

Literal

Those hating YHWH would feign obedience before Him, and their time would be forever.

Latin

Inimici Domini mentiti sunt ei, et erit tempus eorum in sæcula.

Hebrew

English

Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

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.

Deuteronomy 7:10
But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
Psalm 63:3
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
Romans 8:7
…because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Romans 1:30
…slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
Joel 3:20
But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Psalm 83:2–18
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
Psalm 102:28
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
Psalm 18:44–45
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
John 15:22–23
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
Isaiah 65:22
No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.