Joel 2:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ Let the priests, servants of יהוה, weep between the porch and the altar. And let them say, “Spare Your people, O יהוה, and do not give Your inheritance to reproach, for the gentiles to rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their Elohim?’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar; and let them say, Have pity and spare Your people, O Lord, and give not Your heritage to reproach, that the [heathen] nations should rule over them or use a byword against them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Between the porch and the altar let the priests, the LORD’s ministers, weep. Let them say, “Have mercy, LORD, on your people, and don’t make your inheritance a disgrace, an example of failure among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Between the vestibule and the altar, the priests, the ministers of the Lord, will weep, and they will say: "Spare, O Lord, spare your people. And do not bequeath your inheritance into disgrace, so that the nations would rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?' "

Joel 2:17 Cross References

1 Kings 6:3

And the porch at the front of the hĕ

1 Kings 9:7

then I shall cut off Yisra’ĕ

2 Chronicles 7:20

then I shall pluck them from My land, which I have given them, and this house which I have set apart for My Name I shall cast out of My sight and make it to be a proverb and a mockery among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 8:12

Then Shelomoh offered burnt offerings to יהוה  on the altar of יהוה  which he had built before the porch,

Nehemiah 9:36

“See, we are servants today! And the land that You gave to our fathers, to eat its fruit and the good of it, see, we are servants in it!

Psalm 115:2

Why should the gentiles say, “Where now is their Elohim?”

Psalm 42:10

My enemies have reproached me, Like a crushing of my bones, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your Elohim?”

Psalm 42:11

Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, the deliverance of my face, And my Elohim.

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day, “Where is your Elohim?”

Psalm 42:4

These I remember, and pour out my being within me. For I used to pass along with the throng; I went with them to the House of Elohim, With the voice of joy and praise, A multitude keeping a festival!

Psalm 74:10

O Elohim, how long would the adversary reproach? Would the enemy despise Your Name forever?

Psalm 79:10

Why should the gentiles say, “Where is their Elohim?” Let the vengeance of the outpoured blood of Your servants Be known among the gentiles, Before our eyes.

Psalm 79:4

We have become a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a mockery to those who are around us.

Psalm 89:41

All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach to his neighbours.

Psalm 89:51

With which Your enemies have reproached, O יהוה, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

Exodus 34:9

and said, “If, now, I have found favour in Your eyes, O יהוה, I pray, let יהוה  go on in our midst, even though we are a stiff-necked people. And forgive our crookedness and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day the Master יהוה  of hosts called for weeping and for mourning, for baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

Isaiah 37:20

“And now, O יהוה  our Elohim, save us from his hand, so that all the reigns of the earth know that You are יהוה, You alone.”

Ezekiel 20:9

“But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the gentiles among whom they were – before whose eyes I had made Myself known to them, to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim.

Ezekiel 8:16

And He brought me into the inner court of the House of יהוה. And there, at the door of the Hĕ

Hosea 14:2

Take words with you, and return to יהוה. Say to Him, “Take away all crookedness, and accept what is good, and we render the bulls of our lips.

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves and lament, you priests. Wail, you attendants of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you attendants of my Elohim. For the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your Elohim.

Joel 1:9

The grain offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the House of יהוה. The priests, servants of יהוה, have mourned.

Amos 7:2

And it came to be, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said, “O Master יהוה, forgive, I pray! How does Yaʽ

Amos 7:5

and I said, “O Master יהוה, please stop! How does Yaʽ

Micah 7:10

And let my enemy see it, and let shame cover her who said to me, “Where is יהוה  your Elohim?” Let my eyes look on her: now she is trampled down like mud in the streets.

Malachi 1:9

“And now, entreat the face of Ě

Numbers 25:6

And see, one of the children of Yisra’ĕ

Matthew 23:35

so that on you should come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Heḇ

Matthew 27:43

“He trusted in Elohim, let Him rescue Him now if He desires Him, for He said, ‘I am the Son of Elohim.’ ”

Deuteronomy 28:37

“Thus you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a mockery among all the peoples to which יהוה  drives you.

Deuteronomy 32:27

‘If I did not fear the enemy’s taunt, Lest their adversaries misunderstand, Lest they say, “Our hand is high, And יהוה  has not done all this.” ’

Joshua 7:9

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