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?’”
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ASV
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?
KJV
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?
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Commentary
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּ֤ין | bein | between | H996 → |
| הָאוּלָם֙ | ha.'u.Lam | the porch | H197 → |
| וְלַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ | ve.la.miz.Be.ach | and to the altar | H4196 → |
| יִבְכּוּ֙ | yiv.Ku | let them weep | H1058 → |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | ha.Ko.ha.Nim | the priests | H3548 → |
| מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י | me.sha.re.Tei | [the] servants of | H8334 → |
| יְהוָ֑ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| וְֽיֹאמְר֞וּ | ve.yo.me.Ru | and let them say | H559 → |
| ח֧וּסָה | Chu.sah | have compassion ! | H2347 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | O Yahweh | H3068 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| עַמֶּ֗ךָ | 'a.Me.kha | people your | H5971 → |
| וְאַל־ | ve.'al- | and may not | H408 → |
| תִּתֵּ֨ן | ti.Ten | you make | H5414 → |
| נַחֲלָתְךָ֤ | na.cha.la.te.Kha | inheritance your | H5159 → |
| לְחֶרְפָּה֙ | le.cher.Pah | into a reproach | H2781 → |
| לִמְשָׁל־ | lim.shol- | to mock | H4910 → |
| בָּ֣ם | bam | on <the> them | |
| גּוֹיִ֔ם | go.Yim | nations | H1471 → |
| לָ֚מָּה | La.mah | <to> why? | H4100 → |
| יֹאמְר֣וּ | yo.me.Ru | will people say | H559 → |
| בָֽעַמִּ֔ים | va.'a.Mim | among the peoples | H5971 → |
| אַיֵּ֖ה | 'ai.Yeh | where? | H346 → |
| אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ | 'e.lo.hei.Hem | [is] God their | H430 → |
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