Verse 17
Let the priests,{H3548} the ministers{H8334} of Jehovah,{H3068} weep{H1058} between the porch{H197} and the altar,{H4196} and let them say,{H559} Spare{H2347} thy people,{H5971} O Jehovah,{H3068} and give{H5414} not thy heritage{H5159} to reproach,{H2781} that the nations{H1471} should rule over{H4910} them: wherefore should they say{H559} among the peoples,{H5971} Where is their God?{H430}
Referenced Verses
- Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he brought{H935} me into the inner{H6442} court{H2691} of Jehovah's{H3068} house;{H1004} and behold, at the door{H6607} of the temple{H1964} of Jehovah,{H3068} between the porch{H197} and the altar,{H4196} were about five{H2568} and twenty{H6242} men,{H376} with their backs{H268} toward the temple{H1964} of Jehovah,{H3068} and their faces{H6440} toward the east;{H6924} and they were worshipping{H7812} the sun{H8121} toward the east.{H6924}
- Ps 79:10 : 10 Wherefore should the nations{H1471} say,{H559} Where is their God?{H430} Let the avenging{H5360} of the blood{H1818} of thy servants{H5650} which is shed{H8210} Be known{H3045} among the nations{H1471} in our sight.{H5869}
- Ps 115:2 : 2 Wherefore should the nations{H1471} say,{H559} Where is now their God?{H430}
- Isa 37:20 : 20 Now therefore, O Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} save{H3467} us from his hand,{H3027} that all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045} that thou art Jehovah,{H3068} even thou only.
- Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword{H7524} in my bones,{H6106} mine adversaries{H6887} reproach{H2778} me, While they continually{H3117} say{H559} unto me, Where is thy God?{H430}
- Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God,{H430} shall the adversary{H6862} reproach?{H2778} Shall the enemy{H341} blaspheme{H5006} thy name{H8034} for ever?{H5331}
- 1 Kgs 6:3 : 3 And the porch{H197} before{H6440} the temple{H1964} of the house,{H1004} twenty{H6242} cubits{H520} was the length{H753} thereof, according to the breadth{H7341} of the house;{H1004} [and] ten{H6235} cubits{H520} was the breadth{H7341} thereof before the house.{H1004}
- 2 Chr 8:12 : 12 Then Solomon{H8010} offered{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} unto Jehovah{H3068} on the altar{H4196} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he had built{H1129} before{H6440} the porch,{H197}
- Joel 1:9 : 9 The meal-offering{H4503} and the drink-offering{H5262} are cut off{H3772} from the house{H1004} of Jehovah;{H3068} the priests,{H3548} Jehovah's{H3068} ministers,{H8334} mourn.{H56}
- Amos 7:2 : 2 And it came to pass that, when they made an end{H3615} of eating{H398} the grass{H6212} of the land,{H776} then I said,{H559} O Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H136} forgive,{H5545} I beseech thee: how shall Jacob{H3290} stand?{H6965} for he is small.{H6996}
- Amos 7:5 : 5 Then said{H559} I, O Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} cease,{H2308} I beseech thee: how shall Jacob{H3290} stand?{H6965} for he is small.{H6996}
- Mic 7:10 : 10 Then mine enemy{H341} shall see{H7200} it, and shame{H955} shall cover{H3680} her who said{H559} unto me, Where is Jehovah{H3068} thy God?{H430} Mine eyes{H5869} shall see{H7200} [my desire] upon her; now shall she be trodden down{H4823} as the mire{H2916} of the streets.{H2351}
- Matt 23:35 : 35 that{G3704} upon{G1909} you{G5209} may come{G2064} all{G3956} the righteous{G1342} blood{G129} shed{G1632} on{G1909} the earth,{G1093} from{G575} the blood{G129} of Abel{G6} the righteous{G1342} unto{G2193} the blood{G129} of Zachariah{G2197} son{G5207} of Barachiah,{G914} whom{G3739} ye slew{G5407} between{G3342} the sanctuary{G3485} and{G2532} the altar.{G2379}
- Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusteth{G3982} on God;{G2316} let him deliver{G4506} him{G846} now,{G3568} if{G1487} he desireth him:{G846} for{G1063} he said,{G3754} I am{G1510} the Son{G5207} of God.{G2316}
- Mal 1:9 : 9 And now, I pray you, entreat{H2470} the favor of God,{H410} that he may be gracious{H2603} unto us: this hath been by your means:{H3027} will he accept{H5375} any of your persons?{H6440} saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
- Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird{H2296} yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament,{H5594} ye priests;{H3548} wail,{H3213} ye ministers{H8334} of the altar;{H4196} come,{H935} lie all night{H3885} in sackcloth,{H8242} ye ministers{H8334} of my God:{H430} for the meal-offering{H4503} and the drink-offering{H5262} are withholden{H4513} from the house{H1004} of your God.{H430}
- Ps 89:41 : 41 All that pass by{H5674} the way{H1870} rob{H8155} him: He is become a reproach{H2781} to his neighbors.{H7934}
- Ps 89:51 : 51 Wherewith thine enemies{H341} have reproached,{H2778} O Jehovah,{H3068} Wherewith they have reproached{H2778} the footsteps{H6119} of thine anointed.{H4899}
- Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I wrought{H6213} for my name's{H8034} sake, that it should not be profaned{H2490} in the sight{H5869} of the nations,{H1471} among{H8432} which they were, in whose sight{H5869} I made myself known{H3045} unto them, in bringing them forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
- Ezek 36:4-7 : 4 therefore, ye mountains{H2022} of Israel,{H3478} hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} to the mountains{H2022} and to the hills,{H1389} to the watercourses{H650} and to the valleys,{H1516} to the desolate{H8074} wastes{H2723} and to the cities{H5892} that are forsaken,{H5800} which are become a prey{H957} and derision{H3933} to the residue{H7611} of the nations{H1471} that are round about;{H5439} 5 therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Surely in the fire{H784} of my jealousy{H7068} have I spoken{H1696} against the residue{H7611} of the nations,{H1471} and against all Edom,{H123} that have appointed{H5414} my land{H776} unto themselves for a possession{H4181} with the joy{H8057} of all their heart,{H3824} with despite{H7589} of soul,{H3824} to cast it out{H4054} for a prey.{H957} 6 Therefore prophesy{H5012} concerning the land{H127} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto the mountains{H2022} and to the hills,{H1389} to the watercourses{H650} and to the valleys,{H1516} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Behold, I have spoken{H1696} in my jealousy{H7068} and in my wrath,{H2534} because ye have borne{H5375} the shame{H3639} of the nations:{H1471} 7 therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} I have{H5375} sworn,{H3027} [saying], Surely the nations{H1471} that are round about{H5439} you, they shall bear{H5375} their shame.{H3639}
- Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God,{H430} incline{H5186} thine ear,{H241} and hear;{H8085} open{H6491} thine eyes,{H5869} and behold{H7200} our desolations,{H8074} and the city{H5892} which is called{H7121} by thy name:{H8034} for we do not present{H5307} our supplications{H8469} before{H6440} thee for our righteousness,{H6666} but for thy great{H7227} mercies'{H7356} sake. 19 O Lord,{H136} hear;{H8085} O Lord,{H136} forgive;{H5545} O Lord,{H136} hearken{H7181} and do;{H6213} defer{H309} not,{H408} for thine own sake, O my God,{H430} because thy city{H5892} and thy people{H5971} are called{H7121} by thy name.{H8034}
- Hos 14:2 : 2 Take{H3947} with you words,{H1697} and return{H7725} unto Jehovah:{H3068} say{H559} unto him, Take away{H5375} all iniquity,{H5771} and accept{H3947} that which is good:{H2896} so will we render{H7999} [as] bullocks{H6499} [the offering of] our lips.{H8193}
- Neh 9:36 : 36 Behold, we are servants{H5650} this day,{H3117} and as for the land{H776} that thou gavest{H5414} unto our fathers{H1} to eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} thereof and the good{H2898} thereof, behold, we are servants{H5650} in it.
- Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears{H1832} have been my food{H3899} day{H3119} and night,{H3915} While they continually{H3117} say{H559} unto me, Where is thy God?{H430}
- 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 then will I cut off{H3772} Israel{H3478} out{H6440} of the land{H127} which I have given{H5414} them; and this house,{H1004} which I have hallowed{H6942} for my name,{H8034} will I cast out{H7971} of my sight;{H6440} and Israel{H3478} shall be a proverb{H4912} and a byword{H8148} among all peoples.{H5971}
- 2 Chr 7:20 : 20 then will I pluck them up by the roots{H5428} out of my land{H127} which I have given{H5414} them; and this house,{H1004} which I have hallowed{H6942} for my name,{H8034} will I cast out{H7993} of my sight,{H6440} and I will make{H5414} it a proverb{H4912} and a byword{H8148} among all peoples.{H5971}
- Exod 32:11-13 : 11 And Moses{H4872} besought{H2470} Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} and said,{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} why doth thy wrath{H639} wax hot{H2734} against thy people,{H5971} that thou hast brought forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with great{H1419} power{H3581} and with a mighty{H2389} hand?{H3027} 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians{H4714} speak,{H559} saying,{H559} For evil{H7451} did he bring{H3318} them forth, to slay{H2026} them in the mountains,{H2022} and to consume{H3615} them from the face{H6440} of the earth?{H127} Turn{H7725} from thy fierce{H2740} wrath,{H639} and repent{H5162} of this evil{H7451} against thy people.{H5971} 13 Remember{H2142} Abraham,{H85} Isaac,{H3327} and Israel,{H3478} thy servants,{H5650} to whom thou swarest{H7650} by thine own self, and saidst{H1696} unto them, I will multiply{H7235} your seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of heaven,{H8064} and all this land{H776} that I have spoken{H559} of will I give{H5414} unto your seed,{H2233} and they shall inherit{H5157} it for ever.{H5769}
- Exod 34:9 : 9 And he said,{H559} If now I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} O Lord,{H136} let the Lord,{H136} I pray thee, go{H3212} in the midst{H7130} of us; for it is a stiffnecked{H7186} people;{H5971} and pardon{H5545} our iniquity{H5771} and our sin,{H2403} and take us for thine inheritance.{H5157}
- Num 14:14-16 : 14 and they will tell{H559} it to the inhabitants{H3427} of this land.{H776} They have heard{H8085} that thou Jehovah{H3068} art in the midst{H7130} of this people;{H5971} for thou Jehovah{H3068} art seen{H7200} face{H5869} to face,{H5869} and thy cloud{H6051} standeth{H5975} over them, and thou goest{H1980} before{H6440} them, in a pillar{H5982} of cloud{H6051} by day,{H3119} and in a pillar{H5982} of fire{H784} by night.{H3915} 15 Now if thou shalt kill{H4191} this people{H5971} as one{H259} man,{H376} then the nations{H1471} which have heard{H8085} the fame{H8088} of thee will speak,{H559} saying,{H559} 16 Because Jehovah{H3068} was not{H1115} able{H3201} to bring{H935} this people{H5971} into the land{H776} which he sware{H7650} unto them, therefore he hath slain{H7819} them in the wilderness.{H4057}
- Deut 9:16-29 : 16 And I looked,{H7200} and, behold, ye had sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} your God;{H430} ye had made{H6213} you a molten{H4541} calf:{H5695} ye had turned aside{H5493} quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} which Jehovah{H3068} had commanded{H6680} you. 17 And I took{H8610} hold of the two{H8147} tables,{H3871} and cast{H7993} them out of{H5921} my two{H8147} hands,{H3027} and brake{H7665} them before your eyes.{H5869} 18 And I fell down{H5307} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} as at the first,{H7223} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights;{H3915} I did neither eat{H398} bread{H3899} nor drink{H8354} water;{H4325} because of all your sin{H2403} which ye sinned,{H2398} in doing{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707} 19 For I was afraid{H3025} of{H6440} the anger{H639} and hot displeasure,{H2534} wherewith Jehovah{H3068} was wroth{H7107} against you to destroy{H8045} you. But Jehovah{H3068} hearkened{H8085} unto me that time{H6471} also. 20 And Jehovah{H3068} was very{H3966} angry{H599} with Aaron{H175} to destroy{H8045} him: and I prayed{H6419} for Aaron{H175} also at the same time.{H6256} 21 And I took{H3947} your sin,{H2403} the calf{H5695} which ye had made,{H6213} and burnt{H8313} it with fire,{H784} and stamped{H3807} it, grinding{H2912} it very small,{H3190} until it was as fine{H1854} as dust:{H6083} and I cast{H7993} the dust{H6083} thereof into the brook{H5158} that descended out{H3381} of the mount.{H2022} 22 And at Taberah,{H8404} and at Massah,{H4532} and at Kibroth-hattaavah,{H6914} ye provoked Jehovah{H3068} to wrath.{H7107} 23 And when Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} you from Kadesh-barnea,{H6947} saying,{H559} Go up{H5927} and possess{H3423} the land{H776} which I have given{H5414} you; then ye rebelled{H4784} against the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and ye believed{H539} him not, nor hearkened{H8085} to his voice.{H6963} 24 Ye have been rebellious{H4784} against Jehovah{H3068} from the day{H3117} that I knew{H3045} you. 25 So I fell down{H5307} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} the forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915} that I fell down,{H5307} because Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} he would destroy{H8045} you. 26 And I prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} O Lord{H3068} Jehovah,{H3068} destroy{H7843} not thy people{H5971} and thine inheritance,{H5159} that thou hast redeemed{H6299} through thy greatness,{H1433} that thou hast brought forth{H3318} out of Egypt{H4714} with a mighty{H2389} hand.{H3027} 27 Remember{H2142} thy servants,{H5650} Abraham,{H85} Isaac,{H3327} and Jacob;{H3290} look{H6437} not unto the stubbornness{H7190} of this people,{H5971} nor to their wickedness,{H7562} nor to their sin,{H2403} 28 lest the land{H776} whence thou broughtest us out{H3318} say,{H559} Because Jehovah{H3068} was not able{H3201} to bring{H935} them into the land{H776} which he promised{H1696} unto them, and because he hated{H8135} them, he hath brought them out{H3318} to slay{H4191} them in the wilderness.{H4057} 29 Yet they are thy people{H5971} and thine inheritance,{H5159} which thou broughtest out{H3318} by thy great{H1419} power{H3581} and by thine outstretched{H5186} arm.{H2220}
- Deut 28:37 : 37 And thou shalt become an astonishment,{H8047} a proverb,{H4912} and a byword,{H8148} among all the peoples{H5971} whither Jehovah{H3068} shall lead{H5090} thee away.
- Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not{H3884} that I feared{H1481} the provocation{H3708} of the enemy,{H341} Lest their adversaries{H6862} should judge amiss,{H5234} Lest they should say,{H559} Our hand{H3027} is exalted,{H7311} And Jehovah{H3068} hath not done{H6466} all this.
- Ps 74:18-23 : 18 Remember{H2142} this, that the enemy{H341} hath reproached,{H2778} O Jehovah,{H3068} And that a foolish{H5036} people{H5971} hath blasphemed{H5006} thy name.{H8034} 19 Oh deliver{H5414} not the soul{H5315} of thy turtle-dove{H8449} unto the wild beast:{H2416} Forget{H7911} not the life{H2416} of thy poor{H6041} for ever.{H5331} 20 Have respect{H5027} unto the covenant;{H1285} For the dark{H4285} places of the earth{H776} are full{H4390} of the habitations{H4999} of violence.{H2555} 21 Oh let not the oppressed{H1790} return{H7725} ashamed:{H3637} Let the poor{H6041} and needy{H34} praise{H1984} thy name.{H8034} 22 Arise,{H6965} O God,{H430} plead{H7378} thine own cause:{H7379} Remember{H2142} how the foolish man{H5036} reproacheth{H2781} thee all the day.{H3117} 23 Forget{H7911} not the voice{H6963} of thine adversaries:{H6887} The tumult{H7588} of those that rise up{H6965} against thee ascendeth{H5927} continually.{H8548}
- Ps 79:4 : 4 We are become a reproach{H2781} to our neighbors,{H7934} A scoffing{H3933} and derision{H7047} to them that are round about{H5439} us.
- Ps 44:10-14 : 10 Thou makest us to turn{H7725} back{H268} from the adversary;{H6862} And they that hate{H8130} us take spoil{H8154} for themselves. 11 Thou hast made{H5414} us like sheep{H6629} [appointed] for food,{H3978} And hast scattered{H2219} us among the nations.{H1471} 12 Thou sellest{H4376} thy people{H5971} for nought,{H1952} And hast not increased{H7235} [thy wealth] by their price.{H4242} 13 Thou makest{H7760} us a reproach{H2781} to our neighbors,{H7934} A scoffing{H3933} and a derision{H7047} to them that are round about{H5439} us. 14 Thou makest{H7760} us a byword{H4912} among the nations,{H1471} A shaking{H4493} of the head{H7218} among the peoples.{H3816}
- Isa 63:17-19 : 17 O Jehovah,{H3068} why dost thou make us to err{H8582} from thy ways,{H1870} and hardenest{H7188} our heart{H3820} from thy fear?{H3374} Return{H7725} for thy servants'{H5650} sake, the tribes{H7626} of thine inheritance.{H5159} 18 Thy holy{H6944} people{H5971} possessed{H3423} [it] but a little while:{H4705} our adversaries{H6862} have trodden down{H947} thy sanctuary.{H4720} 19 We are become as they over whom thou never{H5769} barest rule,{H4910} as they that were not called{H7121} by thy name.{H8034}
- Isa 64:9-9 : 9 Be not wroth{H7107} very sore,{H3966} O Jehovah,{H3068} neither remember{H2142} iniquity{H5771} for ever:{H5703} behold, look,{H5027} we beseech thee, we are all thy people.{H5971} 10 Thy holy{H6944} cities{H5892} are become a wilderness,{H4057} Zion{H6726} is become a wilderness,{H4057} Jerusalem{H3389} a desolation.{H8077} 11 Our holy{H6944} and our beautiful{H8597} house,{H1004} where our fathers{H1} praised{H1984} thee, is burned{H8316} with fire;{H784} and all our pleasant places{H4261} are laid waste.{H2723} 12 Wilt thou refrain{H662} thyself for these things, O Jehovah?{H3068} wilt thou hold thy peace,{H2814} and afflict{H6031} us very sore?{H3966}