Joel 2:17

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Forgive thy people, O LORD, and do not give thine heritage to reproach that the Gentiles should rule over her: why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Ezekiel 8:16

And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, 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 toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

Psalm 79:10

Why should the Gentiles say, Where is their God? let him be known among the Gentiles in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy slaves which is shed.

Psalm 115:2

Why should the Gentiles say, Where is now their God?

1 Kings 6:3

And the porch before the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house; and its width was ten cubits before the house.

2 Chronicles 8:12

Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

Psalm 42:10

It is as death in my bones when my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalm 74:10

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Isaiah 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.

Joel 1:9

The grain offering and the drink offering of the house of the LORD has perished; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.

Amos 7:2

And it came to pass that when they had come to an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee; who shall lift up Jacob? for he is small.

Amos 7:5

Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small.

Matthew 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 murdered between the temple and the altar.

Exodus 32:11-13

Then Moses grieved before the LORD his God and said, LORD, why shall 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?

Exodus 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 this is a stiffnecked people, and forgive our iniquity and our sin and possess us.

Numbers 14:14-16

and the inhabitants of this land will say, for they have already heard that thou, oh LORD, wast among this people, that thou, O LORD, art seen face to face, and that thy cloud was over them, and that thou didst go before them by day time in a pillar of a cloud and in a pillar of fire by night;

Deuteronomy 9:16-29

and I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God and had made yourselves a molten calf; ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the LORD shall carry thee away.

Deuteronomy 32:27

if I did not fear the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should become vain and lest they should say, Our high hand has done this and not the LORD.

1 Kings 9:7

I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them, and this house, which I have sanctified unto my name, I will cast out of my sight, and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples;

2 Chronicles 7:20

I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast out of my presence, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

Nehemiah 9:36

Behold, we are slaves this day, behold us here, slaves in the land which thou didst give unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof.

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalm 44:10-14

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy, and we are spoiled by those who hate us.

Psalm 74:18-23

Remember this, that the enemy has spoken against the LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Psalm 79:4

We are reproached by our neighbours, scorned, and derided by those that are round about us.

Psalm 89:41

All that pass by the way spoil him; he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Psalm 89:51

because thine enemies have dishonoured, O LORD; they have dishonoured the footsteps of thine anointed.

Isaiah 63:17-19

O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways? Hast thou hardened our heart to thy fear? Return for thy slaves, for the tribes of thine inheritance.

Isaiah 64:9-12

Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever; behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

Ezekiel 20:9

With all this, I intervened for my name's sake that it should not be polluted before the Gentiles, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 36:4-7

Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus hath the Lord GOD said to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys, to the ruins and the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken which became a prey and derision to the residue of the Gentiles that are round about,

Daniel 9:18-19

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 confiding in our righteousnesses, but in thy many mercies.

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words, and be converted unto the LORD; say unto him, Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously, so will we render the calves of our lips.

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 present and the drink offering is taken away from the house of your God.

Micah 7:10

Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? my eyes shall behold her: now she shall be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

Malachi 1:9

And now, therefore, beseech the face of God, and he will have compassion on us; this has come by your hand: will he regard your persons? said the LORD of the hosts.

Matthew 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.

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 of the house of the LORD has perished; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.

Between

1 Kings 6:3
And the porch before the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house; and its width was ten cubits before the house.
2 Chronicles 8:12
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, 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 toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Matthew 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 murdered between the temple and the altar.

And let

Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and be converted unto the LORD; say unto him, Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously, so will we render the calves of our lips.

Spare

Exodus 32:11
Then Moses grieved before the LORD his God and said, LORD, why shall 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?
Exodus 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 this is a stiffnecked people, and forgive our iniquity and our sin and possess us.
Deuteronomy 9:16
and I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God and had made yourselves a molten calf; ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 64:9
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever; behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Daniel 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 confiding in our righteousnesses, but in thy many mercies.
Amos 7:2
And it came to pass that when they had come to an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee; who shall lift up Jacob? for he is small.
Malachi 1:9
And now, therefore, beseech the face of God, and he will have compassion on us; this has come by your hand: will he regard your persons? said the LORD of the hosts.

And give

Psalm 44:10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy, and we are spoiled by those who hate us.
Psalm 74:10
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalm 79:4
We are reproached by our neighbours, scorned, and derided by those that are round about us.
Psalm 89:41
All that pass by the way spoil him; he is a reproach to his neighbours.
Ezekiel 36:4
Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus hath the Lord GOD said to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys, to the ruins and the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken which became a prey and derision to the residue of the Gentiles that are round about,

That

Nehemiah 9:36
Behold, we are slaves this day, behold us here, slaves in the land which thou didst give unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof.
Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways? Hast thou hardened our heart to thy fear? Return for thy slaves, for the tribes of thine inheritance.

Rule over them

Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the LORD shall carry thee away.
1 Kings 9:7
I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them, and this house, which I have sanctified unto my name, I will cast out of my sight, and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples;
2 Chronicles 7:20
I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast out of my presence, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Psalm 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the people.

Wherefore

Numbers 14:14
and the inhabitants of this land will say, for they have already heard that thou, oh LORD, wast among this people, that thou, O LORD, art seen face to face, and that thy cloud was over them, and that thou didst go before them by day time in a pillar of a cloud and in a pillar of fire by night;
Deuteronomy 32:27
if I did not fear the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should become vain and lest they should say, Our high hand has done this and not the LORD.
Psalm 42:10
It is as death in my bones when my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalm 79:10
Why should the Gentiles say, Where is their God? let him be known among the Gentiles in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy slaves which is shed.
Psalm 115:2
Why should the Gentiles say, Where is now their God?
Ezekiel 20:9
With all this, I intervened for my name's sake that it should not be polluted before the Gentiles, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Micah 7:10
Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? my eyes shall behold her: now she shall be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Matthew 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.

General references

Deuteronomy 29:10
Ye stand today, all of you, before the LORD your God, your princes of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Psalm 115:2
Why should the Gentiles say, Where is now their God?