Joel 2:17

Let the kohanim, the mesharetim of Hashem, weep 1 between the Ulam and the Mizbe'ach, 1 and let them say: 1 Spare Thy people, Hashem, 1 and make not Thine nachalah (inheritance) an object of scorn, 1 a byword among the Goyim. 1 Why should they say among the peoples: 1 Where is their G-d? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

16Gather the people, 1 set apart as kodesh the kahal (congregation), 1 assemble the zekenim, 1 gather the olalim, 1 even those nursing at the breast; 1 let the choson go forth of his cheder, 1 and the kallah out of her chuppah (canopy). 1

18Then will Hashem be jealous for His land, 1 and take pity on His people. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, Adonoi, let Adonoi, now, go among us; although it is an Am Kesheh Oref; and forgive avoneinu and chattateinu, and take us for Thine nachalah.

Deuteronomy 9:16And I looked, and, hinei, ye had sinned against Hashem Eloheicha, and had made you an egel massekhah (a molten calf); ye had turned aside quickly out of HaDerech (The Way) which Hashem had commanded you.

Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, 1 lest their adversaries should misinterpret, 1 and lest they should say, Our hand is triumphant, 1 and Hashem hath not done all this. 1

1 Kings 6:3And the Ulam (Portico) in front of the Heikhal of the Beis, + 6:3 Hamikdash twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the Beis; + 6:3 Hamikdash and ten cubits was the breadth thereof projecting in front of the Beis. + 6:3 Hamikdash

2 Chronicles 7:20Then will I uproot them out of My Adamah which I have given them; and HaBeis HaZeh, which I have set apart as kodesh for Shmi, will I cast out of My sight, and will make it to be a Mashal (byword) and an object of ridicule among Kol haAmim.

Nehemiah 9:36Hinei, we are avadim this day, and for the land that Thou gavest unto Avoteinu to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, hinei, we are avadim in it;

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:13-18

Exhortation to Repentance. ( b. c. 720.) 12 Therefore also now, saith the Lord , turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? 15 Blow the… Read the whole commentary →

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