Joel 2:17

Legacy Standard Bible

Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “Pity Your people, O Yahweh, And do not make Your inheritance a reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

Cross References

1 Kings 6:3

And the porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits.

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have set apart as holy for My name, I will cast out of My presence. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 7:20

then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have set apart as holy for My name I will cast out of My presence and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 8:12

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh which he had built before the porch;

Nehemiah 9:36

“Behold, we are slaves today, And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its goodness, Behold, we are slaves in it.

Psalm 115:2

Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?”

Psalm 42:10

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:11

Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, The salvation of my presence and my God.

Psalm 42:3

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

Psalm 42:4

These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the sound of a shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy spurn Your name forever?

Psalm 79:10

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let it be known among the nations before our eyes: Vengeance for the blood of Your slaves which has been poured out.

Psalm 79:4

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A mockery and derision to those around us.

Psalm 89:41

All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Psalm 89:51

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

Exodus 34:9

And he said, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though they are a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own inheritance.”

Isaiah 22:12

¶Therefore in that day Lord Yahweh of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.

Isaiah 37:20

But now, O Yahweh our God, save us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are Yahweh, You alone.”

Ezekiel 20:9

But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 8:16

Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east; and they were prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

Hosea 14:2

Take words with you and return to Yahweh. Say to Him, “Forgive all iniquity And take what is good, That we may pay in full the fruit of our lips.

Joel 1:13

¶Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God; For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 1:9

The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off From the house of Yahweh. The priests mourn, The ministers of Yahweh.

Amos 7:2

And it happened when it had completed eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, “Lord Yahweh, please pardon! How can Jacob rise up, For he is small?”

Amos 7:5

Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, please stop! How can Jacob rise up, for he is small?”

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is Yahweh your God?” My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mire of the streets.

Malachi 1:9

“But now, entreat God’s favor, that He may be gracious to us! With this thing which is from your hand, will He lift up any of your faces?” says Yahweh of hosts.

Numbers 25:6

Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought near to his brothers a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Matthew 23:35

so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Matthew 27:43

He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

Deuteronomy 28:37

You shall become an object of horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the people where Yahweh drives you.

Deuteronomy 32:27

Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, Lest their adversaries misjudge, Lest they say, “Our hand is triumphant, And Yahweh has not done all this.” ’

Joshua 7:9

And the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?”