Joel 2:17

Good News Translation

The priests, serving the Lord between the altar and the entrance of the Temple, must weep and pray: “Have pity on your people, Lord. Do not let other nations despise us and mock us by saying, ‘Where is your God?’”

Cross References

1 Kings 6:3

The entrance room was 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself.

1 Kings 9:7

then I will remove my people Israel from the land that I have given them. I will also abandon this Temple which I have consecrated as the place where I am to be worshiped. People everywhere will ridicule Israel and treat her with contempt.

2 Chronicles 7:20

then I will remove you from the land that I gave you, and I will abandon this Temple that I have consecrated as the place where I am to be worshiped. People everywhere will ridicule it and treat it with contempt.

2 Chronicles 8:12

Solomon offered sacrifices to the Lord on the altar which he had built in front of the Temple.

Nehemiah 9:36

And now we are slaves in the land that you gave us, this fertile land which gives us food.

Psalm 115:2

Why should the nations ask us, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:10

I am crushed by their insults, as they keep on asking me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:11

Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.

Psalm 42:3

Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:4

My heart breaks when I remember the past, when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along, a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God.

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, will our enemies laugh at you? Will they insult your name forever?

Psalm 79:10

Why should the nations ask us, “Where is your God?” Let us see you punish the nations for shedding the blood of your servants.

Psalm 79:4

The surrounding nations insult us; they laugh at us and mock us.

Psalm 89:41

All who pass by steal his belongings; all his neighbors laugh at him.

Psalm 89:51

Your enemies insult your chosen king, O Lord! They insult him wherever he goes.

Exodus 34:9

He said, “Lord, if you really are pleased with me, I ask you to go with us. These people are stubborn, but forgive our evil and our sin, and accept us as your own people.”

Isaiah 22:12

The Sovereign Lord Almighty was calling you then to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth.

Isaiah 37:20

Now, Lord our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that you alone are God.”

Ezekiel 20:9

But I did not, since that would have brought dishonor to my name, for in the presence of the people among whom they were living I had announced to Israel that I was going to lead them out of Egypt.

Ezekiel 8:16

So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They had turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.

Hosea 14:2

Return to the Lord, and let this prayer be your offering to him: “Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and weep, you priests who serve at the altar! Go into the Temple and mourn all night! There is no grain or wine to offer your God.

Joel 1:9

There is no grain or wine to offer in the Temple; the priests mourn because they have no offerings for the Lord.

Amos 7:2

In my vision I saw the locusts eat up every green thing in the land, and then I said, “Sovereign Lord, forgive your people! How can they survive? They are so small and weak!”

Amos 7:5

Then I said, “Stop, O Sovereign Lord! How can your people survive? They are so small and weak!”

Micah 7:10

Then our enemies will see this and be disgraced—the same enemies who taunted us by asking, “Where is the Lord your God?” We will see them defeated, trampled down like mud in the streets.

Malachi 1:9

Now, you priests, try asking God to be good to us. He will not answer your prayer, and it will be your fault.

Numbers 25:6

One of the Israelites took a Midianite woman into his tent in the sight of Moses and the whole community, while they were mourning at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence.

Matthew 23:35

As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Matthew 27:43

He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!”

Deuteronomy 28:37

In the countries to which the Lord will scatter you, the people will be shocked at what has happened to you; they will make fun of you and ridicule you.

Deuteronomy 32:27

But I could not let their enemies boast that they had defeated my people, when it was I myself who had crushed them.’

Joshua 7:9

The Canaanites and everyone else in the country will hear about it. They will surround us and kill every one of us! And then what will you do to protect your honor?”