Psalm 78:1-2

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God’s Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.

A ^[a]Maskil of Asaph.

78 ^(A)Listen, my people, to my ^[b]instruction;
^(B)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
²I will ^(C)open my mouth in a parable;
I will tell ^(D)riddles of old,

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Psalm 78 Title Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 78:1 Or law, teaching

Psalm 45:10

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¹⁰Listen, daughter, look and incline your ear:
^(A)Forget your people and your father’s house;

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Isaiah 55:1-3

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The Free Offer of Mercy

55 “^[a]You there! Everyone who ^(A)thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have ^(B)no ^[b]money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy ^(C)wine and milk
^(D)Without money and without cost.
²Why do you ^[c]spend money for what is ^(E)not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and ^(F)eat what is good,
And ^(G)delight yourself in abundance.
³^(H)Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that ^[d]you may ^(I)live;
And I will make ^(J)an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the ^(K)faithful mercies ^[e]shown to David.

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Isaiah 55:1 Lit Hoy
Isaiah 55:1 Lit silver
Isaiah 55:2 Lit weigh out silver
Isaiah 55:3 Lit your soul
Isaiah 55:3 Lit of David

Jeremiah 34:14

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¹⁴“^(A)At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who ^[a]has been sold to you and has served you for six years, and you shall send him out free from you.” But your forefathers ^(B)did not obey Me nor incline their ear to Me.

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Jeremiah 34:14 Or has sold himself

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Jeremiah 35:15

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¹⁵Also I have sent to you all My ^(A)servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘^(B)Turn now every person from his evil way and amend your deeds, and ^(C)do not follow other gods to worship them. Then you will ^(D)live in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not ^(E)inclined your ear or listened to Me.