17 Let the priests, the Lords ministers,
Weep (A)between the porch and the altar,
And let them say, “[a](B)Spare Your people, Lord,
And do not make Your inheritance a (C)disgrace,
With the nations jeering at them.
Why should those among the peoples say,
(D)Where is their God?’”

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:17 Or Look compassionately on

17 Let the priests, who minister(A) before the Lord,
    weep(B) between the portico and the altar.(C)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
    Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(D)
    a byword(E) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
    ‘Where is their God?(F)’”

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