Joel 2:17

Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, "Spare your people, O LORD, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

Psalm 79:10

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!

Psalm 115:2

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"

1 Kings 6:3

The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.

2 Chronicles 8:12

Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD that he had built before the vestibule,

Psalm 42:10

As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

Isaiah 37:20

So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD."

Joel 1:9

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

Amos 7:2

When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, "O Lord GOD, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"

Amos 7:5

Then I said, "O Lord GOD, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"

Exodus 32:11-13

But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, "O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

Exodus 34:9

And he said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."

Numbers 14:14-16

and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, O LORD, are in the midst of this people. For you, O LORD, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Deuteronomy 9:16-29

And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.

Deuteronomy 28:37

And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.

Deuteronomy 32:27

had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, it was not the LORD who did all this."'

1 Kings 9:7

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

2 Chronicles 7:20

then I will pluck you up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

Nehemiah 9:36

Behold, we are slaves this day; in the land that you gave to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves.

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"

Psalm 44:10-14

You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.

Psalm 74:18-23

Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.

Psalm 79:4

We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.

Psalm 89:41

All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

Psalm 89:51

with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.

Isaiah 63:17-19

O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

Isaiah 64:9-12

Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.

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 in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 36:4-7

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,

Daniel 9:18-19

O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

Micah 7:10

Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.

Malachi 1:9

And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 27:43

He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

The priests

And let

General references

Bible References

The priests

Joel 1:9
The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, the ministers of the LORD.

Between

1 Kings 6:3
The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
2 Chronicles 8:12
Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD that he had built before the vestibule,
Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.

And let

Hosea 14:2
Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.

Spare

Exodus 32:11
But Moses implored the LORD his God and said, "O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
Exodus 34:9
And he said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
Deuteronomy 9:16
And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made yourselves a golden calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
Isaiah 37:20
So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD."
Isaiah 64:9
Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
Amos 7:2
When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, "O Lord GOD, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!"
Malachi 1:9
And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the LORD of hosts.

And give

Psalm 44:10
You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
Psalm 74:10
How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
Psalm 79:4
We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
Psalm 89:41
All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
Ezekiel 36:4
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,

That

Nehemiah 9:36
Behold, we are slaves this day; in the land that you gave to our fathers to enjoy its fruit and its good gifts, behold, we are slaves.
Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

Rule over them

Deuteronomy 28:37
And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will pluck you up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Psalm 44:14
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

Wherefore

Numbers 14:14
and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, O LORD, are in the midst of this people. For you, O LORD, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
Deuteronomy 32:27
had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, it was not the LORD who did all this."'
Psalm 42:10
As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
Psalm 79:10
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
Psalm 115:2
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
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 in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
Micah 7:10
Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.
Matthew 27:43
He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"

General references

Deuteronomy 29:10
"You are standing today all of you before the LORD your God: the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,
Psalm 115:2
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"

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