Joel 2:17
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17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord,
Weep (A)between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, (B)“Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should [a]rule over them.
(C)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
Footnotes
- Joel 2:17 Or speak a proverb against them
Ezekiel 8:16
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16 So He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the Lord, (A)between the porch and the altar, (B)were about twenty-five men (C)with their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping (D)the sun toward the east.
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Psalm 115:2
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- Psalm 115:2 nations
Psalm 79:10
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10 (A)Why should the [a]nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight
The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:10 Gentiles
Matthew 23:35
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35 (A)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (B)from the blood of righteous Abel to (C)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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1 Kings 6:3
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3 The vestibule in front of the [a]sanctuary of the house was [b]twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of [c]the vestibule extended [d]ten cubits from the front of the house.
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- 1 Kings 6:3 Heb. heykal; here the main room of the temple; elsewhere called the holy place, Ex. 26:33; Ezek. 41:1
- 1 Kings 6:3 About 30 feet
- 1 Kings 6:3 Lit. it
- 1 Kings 6:3 About 15 feet
Exodus 34:9
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9 Then he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, (A)let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a (B)stiff-necked[a] people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as (C)Your inheritance.”
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- Exodus 34:9 stubborn
Micah 7:10
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10 Then she who is my enemy will see,
And (A)shame will cover her who said to me,
(B)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
Amos 7:5
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5 Then I said:
“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
(A)Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
Amos 7:2
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2 And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:
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- Amos 7:2 Or How shall Jacob stand
Joel 1:9
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9 (A)The grain offering and the drink offering
Have been cut off from the house of the Lord;
The priests (B)mourn, who minister to the Lord.
Hosea 14:2
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2 Take words with you,
And return to the Lord.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receive us graciously,
For we will offer the (A)sacrifices[a] of our lips.
Footnotes
- Hosea 14:2 Lit. bull calves; LXX fruit
Daniel 9:18-19
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18 (A)O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes (B)and see our desolations, and the city (C)which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
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Ezekiel 36:4-7
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4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the [a]rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which (A)became plunder and (B)mockery to the rest of the nations all around— 5 therefore thus says the Lord God: (C)“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, (D)who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and [b]spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’
6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, the hills, the rivers, and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and My fury, because you have (E)borne the shame of the nations.” 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I have (F)raised My hand in an oath that surely the nations that are around you shall (G)bear their own shame.
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- Ezekiel 36:4 Or ravines
- Ezekiel 36:5 Lit. scorning souls
Ezekiel 20:9
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9 (A)But I acted for My name’s sake, that it should not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom they were, in whose sight I had made Myself (B)known to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
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Isaiah 64:9-12
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9 Do not be furious, O Lord,
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!
10 Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful [a]temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all (A)our pleasant things [b]are laid waste.
12 (B)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
(C)Will You [c]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
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- Isaiah 64:11 Lit. house
- Isaiah 64:11 have become a ruin
- Isaiah 64:12 keep silent
Isaiah 63:17-19
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17 O Lord, why have You (A)made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
18 (B)Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
(C)Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.
Isaiah 37:20
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20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, (A)save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may (B)know that You are the Lord, You alone.”
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Psalm 89:51
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51 (A)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your [a]anointed.
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- Psalm 89:51 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
Psalm 89:41
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41 All who pass by the way (A)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
Psalm 79:4
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4 We have become a reproach to our (A)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
Psalm 74:18-23
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18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord,
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
19 Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast!
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
20 (A)Have respect to the covenant;
For the [a]dark places of the earth are full of the [b]haunts of [c]cruelty.
21 Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed!
Let the poor and needy praise Your name.
22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause;
Remember how the foolish man [d]reproaches You daily.
23 Do not forget the voice of Your enemies;
The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.
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- Psalm 74:20 hiding places
- Psalm 74:20 homes
- Psalm 74:20 violence
- Psalm 74:22 reviles or taunts
Psalm 74:10
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10 O God, how long will the adversary [a]reproach?
Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:10 revile
Psalm 42:10
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10 As with a [a]breaking of my bones,
My enemies [b]reproach me,
(A)While they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:10 Lit. shattering
- Psalm 42:10 revile
2 Chronicles 8:12
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12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built before the vestibule,
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