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Joel 2:17

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?

KJV

Inter vestibulum et altare plorabunt sacerdotes, ministri Domini, et dicent : Parce, Domine, parce populo tuo ; et ne des hæreditatem tuam in opprobrium, ut dominentur eis nationes. Quare dicunt in populis : Ubi est Deus eorum ?

Vulgate

ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς κρηπῖδος τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κλαύσονται οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ λειτουργοῦντες Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐροῦσιν Φεῖσαι, Κύριε, τοῦ λαοῦ σου, καὶ μὴ δῷς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου εἰς ὄνειδος τοῦ κατάρξαι αὐτῶν ἔθνη, ὅπως μὴ εἴπωσιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν;

LXX

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?

ASV

בֵּ֤ין הָ/אוּלָם֙ וְ/לַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ יִבְכּוּ֙ הַ/כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י יְהוָ֑ה וְֽ/יֹאמְר֞וּ ח֧וּסָ/ה יְהוָ֣ה עַל עַמֶּ֗/ךָ וְ/אַל תִּתֵּ֨ן נַחֲלָתְ/ךָ֤ לְ/חֶרְפָּה֙ לִ/מְשָׁל בָּ֣/ם גּוֹיִ֔ם לָ֚/מָּה יֹאמְר֣וּ בָֽ/עַמִּ֔ים אַיֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַיֵּ֖ה
'yh
pronoun · 47×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אֻלָ֥ם
'lm
noun · 34×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
וֹ
v
noun · 221×
וֹ
v
verb · 97×
חֶרְפַּ֥ת
chrpt
noun · 70×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵּ֥בְךְּ
ybk
verb · 115×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
מוֹשֵׁ֖ל
mvshl
verb · 82×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תָח֥וֹס
tchvs
verb · 24×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 6:3 — And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
  • 1Kgs 8:38 — What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
  • 1Kgs 9:7 — Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all
  • 2Chr 8:12 — Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
  • 2Cor 6:4 — But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
  • 2Kgs 2:14 — And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elish
  • Amos 7:2 — And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
  • Amos 7:5 — Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
  • Dan 9:18 — O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesse
  • Deut 32:27 — Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
  • Exod 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
  • Exod 33:13 — Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
  • Exod 34:9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritan
  • Ezek 8:16 — And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward
  • Ezek 8:16 — And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward
  • Ezek 20:9 — But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt
  • Ezek 36:4 — Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the citi
  • Hos 14:2 — Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
  • Hos 14:2 — Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
  • Isa 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
  • Isa 37:20 — Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
  • Isa 63:17 — O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
  • Isa 64:9 — Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
  • Joel 1:9 — The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
  • Joel 1:9 — The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
  • Joel 1:13 — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the
  • Josh 7:9 — For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
  • Luke 13:8 — And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
  • Mal 1:9 — And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Matt 23:35 — That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
  • Matt 27:43 — He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
  • Mic 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
  • Mic 7:10 — Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
  • Num 14:14 — And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that t
  • Num 25:6 — And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were we
  • Ps 39:8 — Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
  • Ps 42:3 — My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 42:10 — As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 42:10 — As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
  • Ps 44:10 — Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.