Joel 2:17
Let the priests who minister before the Lord weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O Lord, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
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?
Note rule over: or, use a byword against
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Lord, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
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?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the priests
- Joel 1:9, 13
- between
- 1 Kings 6:3; 2 Chronicles 8:12; Ezekiel 8:16; Matthew 23:35
- and let
- Hosea 14:2
- Spare
- Exodus 32:11–13; Exodus 34:9; Deuteronomy 9:16–29; Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 64:9–12; Daniel 9:18, 19; Amos 7:2, 5; Malachi 1:9
- and give
- Psalm 44:10–14; Psalm 74:10, 18–23; Psalm 79:4; Psalm 89:41, 51; Ezekiel 36:4–7
- that
- Nehemiah 9:36; Isaiah 63:17–19
- rule over them
- or, use a byword against them.
- Deuteronomy 28:37; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Psalm 44:14
- wherefore
- Numbers 14:14–16; Deuteronomy 32:27; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 79:10; Psalm 115:2; Ezekiel 20:9; Micah 7:10; Matthew 27:43