Joel 2:17 Let the priests who serve the Lord weep. Let them cry between the temple porch and the altar. Let them say, “Lord, spare your people. Don’t let others make f...

2:17 NIrV

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New International Reader's Version - Let the priests who serve the Lord weep. Let them cry between the temple porch and the altar. Let them say, “Lord, spare your people. Don’t let others make fun of them. Don’t let the nations laugh at them. Don’t let them tease your people and say, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
新标点和合本 - 侍奉耶和华的祭司要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣，说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，列邦管辖他们。为何容列国的人说： ‘他们的　神在哪里呢？’”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 事奉耶和华的祭司要在走廊和祭坛间哭泣，说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，在列国中成为笑柄。为何让人在万民中说 ‘他们的上帝在哪里’呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 事奉耶和华的祭司要在走廊和祭坛间哭泣，说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，在列国中成为笑柄。为何让人在万民中说 ‘他们的　神在哪里’呢？”
当代译本 - 让事奉耶和华的祭司站在圣殿门廊和祭坛中间，哭泣恳求说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的子民，不要让外族人侮辱、讥笑你的产业说， ‘他们的上帝在哪里呢？’”
圣经新译本 - 让事奉耶和华的祭司在圣殿的廊子和祭坛之间哭泣，让他们说：“耶和华啊！求你怜恤你的子民。不要使你的产业受羞辱，使他们在列国中成为笑谈。为什么容人在万民中讥笑说： ‘他们的　神在哪里呢？’”
中文标准译本 - 让事奉耶和华的祭司们在柱廊和祭坛之间哭泣，让他们说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的子民！不要使你的继业受羞辱，在列国中成为笑柄。为什么让人在民众中说： ‘他们的神在哪里呢？’”
现代标点和合本 - 侍奉耶和华的祭司要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣，说： ‘耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，列邦管辖他们。为何容列国的人说： “他们的神在哪里呢？”’
和合本（拼音版） - 侍奉耶和华的祭司，要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，列邦管辖他们。为何容列国的人说： ‘他们的上帝在哪里呢？’”
New International Version - Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
English Standard Version - Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
New Living Translation - Let the priests, who minister in the Lord’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray, “Spare your people, Lord! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say, ‘Has the God of Israel left them?’”
Christian Standard Bible - Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Have pity on your people, Lord, and do not make your inheritance a disgrace, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
New American Standard Bible - Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “ Spare Your people, Lord, And do not make Your inheritance a disgrace, With the nations jeering at them. Why should those among the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
New King James Version - Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
Amplified Bible - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “Have compassion and spare Your people, O Lord, And do not make Your inheritance (Israel) an object of ridicule, Or a [humiliating] byword among the [Gentile] nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
American Standard Version - 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?
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?
New English Translation - Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, “Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, “Where is their God?”
World English Bible - Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
新標點和合本 - 事奉耶和華的祭司要在廊子和祭壇中間哭泣，說：耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，列邦管轄他們。為何容列國的人說：「他們的神在哪裏」呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 事奉耶和華的祭司要在走廊和祭壇間哭泣，說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，在列國中成為笑柄。為何讓人在萬民中說『他們的上帝在哪裏』呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 事奉耶和華的祭司要在走廊和祭壇間哭泣，說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，在列國中成為笑柄。為何讓人在萬民中說『他們的　神在哪裏』呢？」
當代譯本 - 讓事奉耶和華的祭司站在聖殿門廊和祭壇中間，哭泣懇求說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的子民，不要讓外族人侮辱、譏笑你的產業說，『他們的上帝在哪裡呢？』」
聖經新譯本 - 讓事奉耶和華的祭司在聖殿的廊子和祭壇之間哭泣，讓他們說：“耶和華啊！求你憐恤你的子民。不要使你的產業受羞辱，使他們在列國中成為笑談。為甚麼容人在萬民中譏笑說： ‘他們的　神在哪裡呢？’”
呂振中譯本 - 伺候永恆主的祭司須要在廊子和祭壇之間哭泣，說：『永恆主啊，顧惜你人民哦！不要讓你的產業被羞辱，而在列國中令人談笑哦。為甚麼容人在列族之民中譏刺說：「他們的上帝在哪裏呢？」』
中文標準譯本 - 讓事奉耶和華的祭司們在柱廊和祭壇之間哭泣，讓他們說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的子民！不要使你的繼業受羞辱，在列國中成為笑柄。為什麼讓人在民眾中說：『他們的神在哪裡呢？』」
現代標點和合本 - 侍奉耶和華的祭司要在廊子和祭壇中間哭泣，說：『耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，列邦管轄他們。為何容列國的人說：「他們的神在哪裡呢？」』
文理和合譯本 - 供役於耶和華之祭司、其哭於廊與壇之間、曰、耶和華歟、矜恤爾民、勿使爾業受辱、為列邦所轄、奚使諸國之人曰、彼之上帝安在乎、○
文理委辦譯本 - 祭司在耶和華前、供厥役事、當於廡下祭壇間、澘然出涕、曰、耶和華與、斯民也、本屬乎爾、求爾寛宥、不致蒙羞、為異邦人所統轄、異邦人凌侮之、曰、爾之上帝安在、亦奚以為、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 奉事主之祭司、當在廊與祭臺間號泣曰、求主矜恤主之民、莫使主之民民原文作業蒙羞、為異邦人所轄制、否則恐異邦人譏誚曰、否則恐異邦人譏誚曰原文作何為使異邦人曰彼之天主安在、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - Lloren, sacerdotes, ministros del Señor, entre el pórtico y el altar; y digan: «Compadécete, Señor, de tu pueblo. No entregues tu propiedad al oprobio, para que las naciones no se burlen de ella. ¿Por qué habrán de decir entre los pueblos: “Dónde está su Dios?”»
현대인의 성경 - 여호와를 섬기는 제사장들은 성전 현관과 제단 사이에서 울며 이렇게 기도하라. “여호와여, 우리를 불쌍히 여기셔서 주의 백성인 우리가 이방 나라의 멸시와 조롱거리가 되지 않게 하소서. 어째서 이방 나라들에게 ‘너희 하나님이 어디 있느냐?’ 하고 말하게 하십니까?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть священники, служащие перед Господом, плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Господи, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
Восточный перевод - Пусть священнослужители Вечного плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Вечный, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пусть священнослужители Вечного плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Вечный, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пусть священнослужители Вечного плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Вечный, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - et que les prêtres ╵qui servent l’Eternel se tiennent en pleurant entre le portique et l’autel . Qu’ils prient ainsi : O Eternel, ╵aie pitié de ton peuple, n’expose pas celui qui t’appartient ╵au déshonneur ni aux railleries d’autres peuples ! Car pourquoi dirait-on ╵parmi les peuples : « Où est leur Dieu ? »
リビングバイブル - 神に仕える祭司たちは、民と祭壇の間に立って、泣きながら祈るがいい。「神様、あなたの民をお救いください。あなたに属する者たちなのですから、異教徒の支配下に置かないでください。『彼らの神はどこにいるのか。きっと弱くて、何もできないのだろう』と、異教徒にあざけられないようにしてください。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Que os sacerdotes, que ministram perante o Senhor, chorem entre o pórtico do templo e o altar, orando: “Poupa o teu povo, Senhor. Não faças da tua herança objeto de zombaria e de chacota entre as nações. Por que se haveria de dizer pelos povos: ‘Onde está o Deus deles?’ ”
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr Priester, ihr Diener des Herrn, weint im Tempelvorhof und betet: »Herr, hab Erbarmen mit deinem Volk! Wir gehören doch zu dir! Lass nicht zu, dass fremde Völker uns verspotten! Warum sollen sie uns verhöhnen und rufen: ›Wo bleibt er nun, ihr Gott?‹«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy để các thầy tế lễ, những người phục vụ trước Chúa Hằng Hữu, đứng và khóc lóc giữa hành lang Đền Thờ và bàn thờ. Hãy để họ cầu nguyện: “Lạy Chúa Hằng Hữu, xin thương xót dân Ngài! Xin đừng để tuyển dân của Ngài trở thành đề tài chế nhạo. Xin đừng để họ trở thành trò cười cho các dân nước ngoài không tin kính, nói rằng: ‘Có phải Đức Chúa Trời của Ít-ra-ên đã lìa bỏ nó?’”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ให้ปุโรหิตผู้ปฏิบัติงานอยู่ต่อหน้าองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ร่ำไห้อยู่ระหว่างมุขพระวิหารกับแท่นบูชา ให้พวกเขาทูลว่า “ข้าแต่องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ขอทรงสงวนประชากรของพระองค์ อย่าให้มรดกของพระองค์เป็นที่เย้ยหยัน เป็นคำเปรียบเปรยในหมู่ประชาชาติ อย่าให้ชนชาติทั้งหลายพูดกันว่า ‘ไหนล่ะพระเจ้าของพวกเขา?’ ” องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงตอบ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ให้บรรดาปุโรหิต บรรดาผู้รับใช้ของพระผู้เป็นเจ้า ร้องไห้ระหว่างห้องมุขและแท่นบูชา และพูดดังนี้ว่า “โอ พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ขอพระองค์ไว้ชีวิตชนชาติของพระองค์เถิด และอย่าทำให้ผู้สืบมรดกของพระองค์เป็นที่ดูหมิ่น เป็นดั่งคำเปรียบเปรยในสุภาษิตท่ามกลางบรรดาประชาชาติ ทำไมพวกเขาจึงจะพูดในท่ามกลางบรรดาชนชาติดังนี้ว่า ‘พระเจ้าของพวกเขาอยู่ที่ไหน’”

交叉引用

Nehemiah 9:36 - “Now look at us. We are slaves today. We’re slaves in the land you gave our people of long ago. You gave it to them so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.
Exodus 32:11 - But Moses asked the Lord his God to have mercy on the people. “Lord,” he said, “why should you destroy your people in anger? You used your great power and mighty hand to bring them out of Egypt.
Exodus 32:12 - Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out to hurt them. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn away from your great anger. Please take pity on your people. Don’t destroy them!
Exodus 32:13 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel. You made a promise to them in your own name. You said, ‘I will make your children after you as many as the stars in the sky. I will give them all this land I promised them. It will belong to them forever.’ ”
Psalm 89:41 - All those who pass by have carried off what belonged to him. His neighbors make fun of him.
Hosea 14:2 - Tell the Lord you are turning away from your sins. Return to him. Say to him, “Forgive us for all our sins. Please be kind to us. Welcome us back to you. Then our lips will offer you our praise.
Deuteronomy 9:16 - When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a metal statue of a god. It looked like a calf. You had quickly turned away from the path the Lord had commanded you to follow.
Deuteronomy 9:17 - So I threw the two tablets out of my hands. You watched them break into pieces.
Deuteronomy 9:18 - Then once again I fell down flat in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground. I lay there for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn’t eat any food or drink any water. You had committed a terrible sin. You had done an evil thing in the Lord’s sight. You had made him angry.
Deuteronomy 9:19 - I was afraid of the Lord’s great anger. He was so angry with you he wanted to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me again.
Deuteronomy 9:20 - And he was so angry with Aaron he wanted to destroy him too. But at that time I prayed for Aaron.
Deuteronomy 9:21 - I also got that sinful calf you had made. I burned it in the fire. I crushed it and ground it into fine powder. Then I threw the powder into a stream that was flowing down the mountain.
Deuteronomy 9:22 - You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah.
Deuteronomy 9:23 - The Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea. He said, “Go up and take over the land I have given you.” But you refused to do what the Lord your God had commanded you to do. You didn’t trust him or obey him.
Deuteronomy 9:24 - You have been refusing to obey the Lord as long as I’ve known you.
Deuteronomy 9:25 - I lay down in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground for 40 days and 40 nights. I did it because the Lord had said he would destroy you.
Deuteronomy 9:26 - I prayed to him. “Lord and King,” I said, “don’t destroy your people. They belong to you. You set them free by your great power. You used your mighty hand to bring them out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 9:27 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Forgive the Israelites for being so stubborn. Don’t judge them for the evil and sinful things they’ve done.
Deuteronomy 9:28 - If you do, the Egyptians will say, ‘The Lord wasn’t able to take them into the land he had promised to give them. He hated them. So he brought them out of Egypt to put them to death in the desert.’
Deuteronomy 9:29 - But they are your people. They belong to you. You used your great power to bring them out of Egypt. You reached out your mighty arm and saved them.”
Psalm 89:51 - Lord, your enemies have said mean things. They have laughed at everything your anointed king has done.
Deuteronomy 28:37 - You will look very bad to all the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will mock you and make fun of you.
Daniel 9:18 - Our God, please listen to us. The city that belongs to you has been destroyed. Open your eyes and see it. We aren’t asking you to answer our prayers because we are godly. Instead, we’re asking you to do it because you love us so much.
Daniel 9:19 - Lord, please listen! Lord, please forgive us! Lord, hear our prayers! Take action for your own honor. Our God, please don’t wait. Your city and your people belong to you.”
Deuteronomy 32:27 - But I was afraid their enemies would make fun of that. I was afraid their attackers would not understand. I was sure they would say, ‘We’re the ones who’ve beaten them! The Lord isn’t the one who did it.’ ”
Matthew 27:43 - He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him. He’s the one who said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Isaiah 64:9 - Don’t be so angry with us, Lord. Don’t remember our sins anymore. Please have mercy on us. All of us belong to you.
Isaiah 64:10 - Your sacred cities have become a desert. Even Zion is a desert. Jerusalem is a dry and empty place.
Isaiah 64:11 - Our people of long ago used to praise you in our holy and glorious temple. But now it has been burned down. Everything we treasured has been destroyed.
Isaiah 64:12 - Lord, won’t you help us even after everything that’s happened? Will you keep silent and punish us more than we can stand?
Malachi 1:9 - “Now plead with God to be gracious to us! But as long as you give offerings like those, how can he accept you?” says the Lord.
Isaiah 63:17 - Lord, why do you let us wander away from you? Why do you let us become so stubborn that we don’t respect you? Come back and help us. We are the tribes that belong to you.
Isaiah 63:18 - For a little while your holy people possessed the land. But now our enemies have torn your temple down.
Isaiah 63:19 - We are like people you never ruled over. We are like those who don’t belong to you.
Psalm 44:10 - You made us turn and run from our enemies. They have taken what belongs to us.
Psalm 44:11 - You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep. You have scattered us among the nations.
Psalm 44:12 - You sold your people for very little. You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.
Psalm 44:13 - You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at. Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.
Psalm 44:14 - The nations make jokes about us. They shake their heads at us.
Psalm 79:4 - We are something our neighbors joke about. The nations around us laugh at us and make fun of us.
1 Kings 9:7 - Then I will remove Israel from the land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. Then Israel will be hated by all the nations. They will laugh and joke about Israel.
Psalm 42:3 - My tears have been my food day and night. All day long people say to me, “Where is your God?”
Ezekiel 36:4 - Mountains of Israel, listen to the message of the Lord and King. He speaks to you mountains, hills, canyons and valleys. He speaks to you destroyed cities and deserted towns. The rest of the nations around you took away from you everything of value. They made fun of you.
Ezekiel 36:5 - So the Lord and King says, “I am very angry with those nations. I have spoken against them and the whole land of Edom. They were very happy when they took over my land. Deep down inside them, they hated Israel. They wanted to take its grasslands.
Ezekiel 36:6 - Ezekiel, prophesy about the land of Israel. Speak to the mountains, hills, canyons and valleys. Tell them, ‘The Lord and King says, “I have a jealous anger against the nations. They have laughed at you.”
Ezekiel 36:7 - So the Lord and King says, “I raise my hand and make a promise. I promise that the nations around you will also be laughed at.
Joel 1:13 - Priests, put on the clothing of sadness and mourn. Cry, you who serve at the altar. Come, you who serve my God in the temple. Spend the night dressed in the clothes of sadness. Weep because no one brings grain offerings and drink offerings to the house of your God anymore.
2 Chronicles 7:20 - Then I will remove Israel from my land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. I will make all the nations hate it. They will laugh and joke about it.
Psalm 74:18 - Lord, remember how your enemies have made fun of you. Remember how foolish people have attacked you with their words.
Psalm 74:19 - Don’t hand over Israel, your dove, to those wild animals. Don’t forget your suffering people forever.
Psalm 74:20 - Honor the covenant you made with us. Horrible things are happening in every dark corner of the land.
Psalm 74:21 - Don’t let your suffering people be put to shame. May those who are poor and needy praise you.
Psalm 74:22 - God, rise up. Stand up for your cause. Remember how foolish people make fun of you all day long.
Psalm 74:23 - Pay close attention to the shouts of your enemies. The trouble they cause never stops.
Ezekiel 20:9 - I wanted my name to be honored. So I brought my people out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being treated as if it were not holy. I didn’t want this to happen in front of the nations around my people. I had made myself known to Israel in the sight of those nations.
Exodus 34:9 - “Lord,” he said, “if you are pleased with me, then go with us. Even though these people are stubborn, forgive the evil things we have done. Forgive our sin. And accept us as your people.”
Amos 7:2 - The locusts stripped the land clean. Then I cried out, “Lord and King, forgive Israel! How can Jacob’s people continue? They are such a weak nation!”
Numbers 14:14 - And the Egyptians will tell the people who live in Canaan about it. Lord, they have already heard a lot about you. They’ve heard that you are with these people. They’ve heard that you have been seen face to face. They’ve been told that your cloud stays over them. They’ve heard that you go in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day. They’ve been told that you go in front of them in a pillar of fire at night.
Numbers 14:15 - Suppose you put all these people to death and leave none alive. Then the nations who have heard these things about you will talk. They’ll say,
Numbers 14:16 - ‘The Lord promised to give these people the land of Canaan. But he wasn’t able to bring them into it. So he killed them in the desert.’
Psalm 74:10 - God, how long will your enemies make fun of you? Will they attack you with their words forever?
Amos 7:5 - Then I cried out, “Lord and King, please stop! How can Jacob’s people continue? They are such a weak nation!”
Matthew 23:35 - So you will pay for all the godly people’s blood spilled on earth. I mean from the blood of godly Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berekiah. Zechariah was the one you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Psalm 42:10 - My body suffers deadly pain as my enemies make fun of me. All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
Micah 7:10 - Our enemies will see it too. And they will be put to shame. After all, they said to us, ‘Where is the Lord your God?’ But we will see them destroyed. Soon they will be stomped on like mud in the streets.”
2 Chronicles 8:12 - Solomon had built the Lord’s altar. It stood in front of the temple porch. On that altar Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord.
Isaiah 37:20 - Lord our God, save us from the power of Sennacherib. Then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you are the only God.”
Joel 1:9 - No one brings grain offerings and drink offerings to the Lord’s house anymore. So the priests who serve the Lord are filled with sorrow.
1 Kings 6:3 - The temple had a porch in front of the main hall. The porch was as wide as the temple itself. It was 30 feet wide. It came out 15 feet from the front of the temple.
Psalm 79:10 - Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Show the nations that you punish those who kill your people. We want to see it happen.
Psalm 115:2 - Why do the nations ask, “Where is their God?”
Ezekiel 8:16 - Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the Lord’s house. About 25 men were there. They were at the entrance to the Lord’s temple between the porch and the altar. Their backs were turned toward the temple. Their faces were turned toward the east. And they were bowing down to the sun.

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New International Reader's Version - Let the priests who serve the Lord weep. Let them cry between the temple porch and the altar. Let them say, “Lord, spare your people. Don’t let others make fun of them. Don’t let the nations laugh at them. Don’t let them tease your people and say, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
新标点和合本 - 侍奉耶和华的祭司要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣，说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，列邦管辖他们。为何容列国的人说： ‘他们的　神在哪里呢？’”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 事奉耶和华的祭司要在走廊和祭坛间哭泣，说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，在列国中成为笑柄。为何让人在万民中说 ‘他们的上帝在哪里’呢？”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 事奉耶和华的祭司要在走廊和祭坛间哭泣，说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，在列国中成为笑柄。为何让人在万民中说 ‘他们的　神在哪里’呢？”
当代译本 - 让事奉耶和华的祭司站在圣殿门廊和祭坛中间，哭泣恳求说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的子民，不要让外族人侮辱、讥笑你的产业说， ‘他们的上帝在哪里呢？’”
圣经新译本 - 让事奉耶和华的祭司在圣殿的廊子和祭坛之间哭泣，让他们说：“耶和华啊！求你怜恤你的子民。不要使你的产业受羞辱，使他们在列国中成为笑谈。为什么容人在万民中讥笑说： ‘他们的　神在哪里呢？’”
中文标准译本 - 让事奉耶和华的祭司们在柱廊和祭坛之间哭泣，让他们说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的子民！不要使你的继业受羞辱，在列国中成为笑柄。为什么让人在民众中说： ‘他们的神在哪里呢？’”
现代标点和合本 - 侍奉耶和华的祭司要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣，说： ‘耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，列邦管辖他们。为何容列国的人说： “他们的神在哪里呢？”’
和合本（拼音版） - 侍奉耶和华的祭司，要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣说： “耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓，不要使你的产业受羞辱，列邦管辖他们。为何容列国的人说： ‘他们的上帝在哪里呢？’”
New International Version - Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
English Standard Version - Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep and say, “Spare your people, O Lord, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
New Living Translation - Let the priests, who minister in the Lord’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray, “Spare your people, Lord! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say, ‘Has the God of Israel left them?’”
Christian Standard Bible - Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Have pity on your people, Lord, and do not make your inheritance a disgrace, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
New American Standard Bible - Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “ Spare Your people, Lord, And do not make Your inheritance a disgrace, With the nations jeering at them. Why should those among the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
New King James Version - Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
Amplified Bible - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, “Have compassion and spare Your people, O Lord, And do not make Your inheritance (Israel) an object of ridicule, Or a [humiliating] byword among the [Gentile] nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
American Standard Version - 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?
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?
New English Translation - Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, “Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, “Where is their God?”
World English Bible - Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
新標點和合本 - 事奉耶和華的祭司要在廊子和祭壇中間哭泣，說：耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，列邦管轄他們。為何容列國的人說：「他們的神在哪裏」呢？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 事奉耶和華的祭司要在走廊和祭壇間哭泣，說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，在列國中成為笑柄。為何讓人在萬民中說『他們的上帝在哪裏』呢？」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 事奉耶和華的祭司要在走廊和祭壇間哭泣，說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，在列國中成為笑柄。為何讓人在萬民中說『他們的　神在哪裏』呢？」
當代譯本 - 讓事奉耶和華的祭司站在聖殿門廊和祭壇中間，哭泣懇求說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的子民，不要讓外族人侮辱、譏笑你的產業說，『他們的上帝在哪裡呢？』」
聖經新譯本 - 讓事奉耶和華的祭司在聖殿的廊子和祭壇之間哭泣，讓他們說：“耶和華啊！求你憐恤你的子民。不要使你的產業受羞辱，使他們在列國中成為笑談。為甚麼容人在萬民中譏笑說： ‘他們的　神在哪裡呢？’”
呂振中譯本 - 伺候永恆主的祭司須要在廊子和祭壇之間哭泣，說：『永恆主啊，顧惜你人民哦！不要讓你的產業被羞辱，而在列國中令人談笑哦。為甚麼容人在列族之民中譏刺說：「他們的上帝在哪裏呢？」』
中文標準譯本 - 讓事奉耶和華的祭司們在柱廊和祭壇之間哭泣，讓他們說：「耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的子民！不要使你的繼業受羞辱，在列國中成為笑柄。為什麼讓人在民眾中說：『他們的神在哪裡呢？』」
現代標點和合本 - 侍奉耶和華的祭司要在廊子和祭壇中間哭泣，說：『耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓，不要使你的產業受羞辱，列邦管轄他們。為何容列國的人說：「他們的神在哪裡呢？」』
文理和合譯本 - 供役於耶和華之祭司、其哭於廊與壇之間、曰、耶和華歟、矜恤爾民、勿使爾業受辱、為列邦所轄、奚使諸國之人曰、彼之上帝安在乎、○
文理委辦譯本 - 祭司在耶和華前、供厥役事、當於廡下祭壇間、澘然出涕、曰、耶和華與、斯民也、本屬乎爾、求爾寛宥、不致蒙羞、為異邦人所統轄、異邦人凌侮之、曰、爾之上帝安在、亦奚以為、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 奉事主之祭司、當在廊與祭臺間號泣曰、求主矜恤主之民、莫使主之民民原文作業蒙羞、為異邦人所轄制、否則恐異邦人譏誚曰、否則恐異邦人譏誚曰原文作何為使異邦人曰彼之天主安在、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - Lloren, sacerdotes, ministros del Señor, entre el pórtico y el altar; y digan: «Compadécete, Señor, de tu pueblo. No entregues tu propiedad al oprobio, para que las naciones no se burlen de ella. ¿Por qué habrán de decir entre los pueblos: “Dónde está su Dios?”»
현대인의 성경 - 여호와를 섬기는 제사장들은 성전 현관과 제단 사이에서 울며 이렇게 기도하라. “여호와여, 우리를 불쌍히 여기셔서 주의 백성인 우리가 이방 나라의 멸시와 조롱거리가 되지 않게 하소서. 어째서 이방 나라들에게 ‘너희 하나님이 어디 있느냐?’ 하고 말하게 하십니까?”
Новый Русский Перевод - Пусть священники, служащие перед Господом, плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Господи, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
Восточный перевод - Пусть священнослужители Вечного плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Вечный, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Пусть священнослужители Вечного плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Вечный, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Пусть священнослужители Вечного плачут между притвором храма и жертвенником. Пусть взывают: «Вечный, пощади Свой народ! Не дай насмехаться над Своим наследием, не дай чужим народам править нами . Зачем им говорить: „Где их Бог?“»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - et que les prêtres ╵qui servent l’Eternel se tiennent en pleurant entre le portique et l’autel . Qu’ils prient ainsi : O Eternel, ╵aie pitié de ton peuple, n’expose pas celui qui t’appartient ╵au déshonneur ni aux railleries d’autres peuples ! Car pourquoi dirait-on ╵parmi les peuples : « Où est leur Dieu ? »
リビングバイブル - 神に仕える祭司たちは、民と祭壇の間に立って、泣きながら祈るがいい。「神様、あなたの民をお救いください。あなたに属する者たちなのですから、異教徒の支配下に置かないでください。『彼らの神はどこにいるのか。きっと弱くて、何もできないのだろう』と、異教徒にあざけられないようにしてください。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Que os sacerdotes, que ministram perante o Senhor, chorem entre o pórtico do templo e o altar, orando: “Poupa o teu povo, Senhor. Não faças da tua herança objeto de zombaria e de chacota entre as nações. Por que se haveria de dizer pelos povos: ‘Onde está o Deus deles?’ ”
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr Priester, ihr Diener des Herrn, weint im Tempelvorhof und betet: »Herr, hab Erbarmen mit deinem Volk! Wir gehören doch zu dir! Lass nicht zu, dass fremde Völker uns verspotten! Warum sollen sie uns verhöhnen und rufen: ›Wo bleibt er nun, ihr Gott?‹«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy để các thầy tế lễ, những người phục vụ trước Chúa Hằng Hữu, đứng và khóc lóc giữa hành lang Đền Thờ và bàn thờ. Hãy để họ cầu nguyện: “Lạy Chúa Hằng Hữu, xin thương xót dân Ngài! Xin đừng để tuyển dân của Ngài trở thành đề tài chế nhạo. Xin đừng để họ trở thành trò cười cho các dân nước ngoài không tin kính, nói rằng: ‘Có phải Đức Chúa Trời của Ít-ra-ên đã lìa bỏ nó?’”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ให้ปุโรหิตผู้ปฏิบัติงานอยู่ต่อหน้าองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ร่ำไห้อยู่ระหว่างมุขพระวิหารกับแท่นบูชา ให้พวกเขาทูลว่า “ข้าแต่องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ขอทรงสงวนประชากรของพระองค์ อย่าให้มรดกของพระองค์เป็นที่เย้ยหยัน เป็นคำเปรียบเปรยในหมู่ประชาชาติ อย่าให้ชนชาติทั้งหลายพูดกันว่า ‘ไหนล่ะพระเจ้าของพวกเขา?’ ” องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงตอบ
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ให้บรรดาปุโรหิต บรรดาผู้รับใช้ของพระผู้เป็นเจ้า ร้องไห้ระหว่างห้องมุขและแท่นบูชา และพูดดังนี้ว่า “โอ พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ขอพระองค์ไว้ชีวิตชนชาติของพระองค์เถิด และอย่าทำให้ผู้สืบมรดกของพระองค์เป็นที่ดูหมิ่น เป็นดั่งคำเปรียบเปรยในสุภาษิตท่ามกลางบรรดาประชาชาติ ทำไมพวกเขาจึงจะพูดในท่ามกลางบรรดาชนชาติดังนี้ว่า ‘พระเจ้าของพวกเขาอยู่ที่ไหน’”

Nehemiah 9:36 - “Now look at us. We are slaves today. We’re slaves in the land you gave our people of long ago. You gave it to them so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.
Exodus 32:11 - But Moses asked the Lord his God to have mercy on the people. “Lord,” he said, “why should you destroy your people in anger? You used your great power and mighty hand to bring them out of Egypt.
Exodus 32:12 - Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out to hurt them. He wanted to kill them in the mountains. He wanted to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn away from your great anger. Please take pity on your people. Don’t destroy them!
Exodus 32:13 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel. You made a promise to them in your own name. You said, ‘I will make your children after you as many as the stars in the sky. I will give them all this land I promised them. It will belong to them forever.’ ”
Psalm 89:41 - All those who pass by have carried off what belonged to him. His neighbors make fun of him.
Hosea 14:2 - Tell the Lord you are turning away from your sins. Return to him. Say to him, “Forgive us for all our sins. Please be kind to us. Welcome us back to you. Then our lips will offer you our praise.
Deuteronomy 9:16 - When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made for yourselves a metal statue of a god. It looked like a calf. You had quickly turned away from the path the Lord had commanded you to follow.
Deuteronomy 9:17 - So I threw the two tablets out of my hands. You watched them break into pieces.
Deuteronomy 9:18 - Then once again I fell down flat in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground. I lay there for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn’t eat any food or drink any water. You had committed a terrible sin. You had done an evil thing in the Lord’s sight. You had made him angry.
Deuteronomy 9:19 - I was afraid of the Lord’s great anger. He was so angry with you he wanted to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me again.
Deuteronomy 9:20 - And he was so angry with Aaron he wanted to destroy him too. But at that time I prayed for Aaron.
Deuteronomy 9:21 - I also got that sinful calf you had made. I burned it in the fire. I crushed it and ground it into fine powder. Then I threw the powder into a stream that was flowing down the mountain.
Deuteronomy 9:22 - You also made the Lord angry at Taberah, Massah and Kibroth Hattaavah.
Deuteronomy 9:23 - The Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea. He said, “Go up and take over the land I have given you.” But you refused to do what the Lord your God had commanded you to do. You didn’t trust him or obey him.
Deuteronomy 9:24 - You have been refusing to obey the Lord as long as I’ve known you.
Deuteronomy 9:25 - I lay down in front of the Lord with my face toward the ground for 40 days and 40 nights. I did it because the Lord had said he would destroy you.
Deuteronomy 9:26 - I prayed to him. “Lord and King,” I said, “don’t destroy your people. They belong to you. You set them free by your great power. You used your mighty hand to bring them out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 9:27 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Forgive the Israelites for being so stubborn. Don’t judge them for the evil and sinful things they’ve done.
Deuteronomy 9:28 - If you do, the Egyptians will say, ‘The Lord wasn’t able to take them into the land he had promised to give them. He hated them. So he brought them out of Egypt to put them to death in the desert.’
Deuteronomy 9:29 - But they are your people. They belong to you. You used your great power to bring them out of Egypt. You reached out your mighty arm and saved them.”
Psalm 89:51 - Lord, your enemies have said mean things. They have laughed at everything your anointed king has done.
Deuteronomy 28:37 - You will look very bad to all the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will mock you and make fun of you.
Daniel 9:18 - Our God, please listen to us. The city that belongs to you has been destroyed. Open your eyes and see it. We aren’t asking you to answer our prayers because we are godly. Instead, we’re asking you to do it because you love us so much.
Daniel 9:19 - Lord, please listen! Lord, please forgive us! Lord, hear our prayers! Take action for your own honor. Our God, please don’t wait. Your city and your people belong to you.”
Deuteronomy 32:27 - But I was afraid their enemies would make fun of that. I was afraid their attackers would not understand. I was sure they would say, ‘We’re the ones who’ve beaten them! The Lord isn’t the one who did it.’ ”
Matthew 27:43 - He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him. He’s the one who said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Isaiah 64:9 - Don’t be so angry with us, Lord. Don’t remember our sins anymore. Please have mercy on us. All of us belong to you.
Isaiah 64:10 - Your sacred cities have become a desert. Even Zion is a desert. Jerusalem is a dry and empty place.
Isaiah 64:11 - Our people of long ago used to praise you in our holy and glorious temple. But now it has been burned down. Everything we treasured has been destroyed.
Isaiah 64:12 - Lord, won’t you help us even after everything that’s happened? Will you keep silent and punish us more than we can stand?
Malachi 1:9 - “Now plead with God to be gracious to us! But as long as you give offerings like those, how can he accept you?” says the Lord.
Isaiah 63:17 - Lord, why do you let us wander away from you? Why do you let us become so stubborn that we don’t respect you? Come back and help us. We are the tribes that belong to you.
Isaiah 63:18 - For a little while your holy people possessed the land. But now our enemies have torn your temple down.
Isaiah 63:19 - We are like people you never ruled over. We are like those who don’t belong to you.
Psalm 44:10 - You made us turn and run from our enemies. They have taken what belongs to us.
Psalm 44:11 - You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep. You have scattered us among the nations.
Psalm 44:12 - You sold your people for very little. You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.
Psalm 44:13 - You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at. Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.
Psalm 44:14 - The nations make jokes about us. They shake their heads at us.
Psalm 79:4 - We are something our neighbors joke about. The nations around us laugh at us and make fun of us.
1 Kings 9:7 - Then I will remove Israel from the land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. Then Israel will be hated by all the nations. They will laugh and joke about Israel.
Psalm 42:3 - My tears have been my food day and night. All day long people say to me, “Where is your God?”
Ezekiel 36:4 - Mountains of Israel, listen to the message of the Lord and King. He speaks to you mountains, hills, canyons and valleys. He speaks to you destroyed cities and deserted towns. The rest of the nations around you took away from you everything of value. They made fun of you.
Ezekiel 36:5 - So the Lord and King says, “I am very angry with those nations. I have spoken against them and the whole land of Edom. They were very happy when they took over my land. Deep down inside them, they hated Israel. They wanted to take its grasslands.
Ezekiel 36:6 - Ezekiel, prophesy about the land of Israel. Speak to the mountains, hills, canyons and valleys. Tell them, ‘The Lord and King says, “I have a jealous anger against the nations. They have laughed at you.”
Ezekiel 36:7 - So the Lord and King says, “I raise my hand and make a promise. I promise that the nations around you will also be laughed at.
Joel 1:13 - Priests, put on the clothing of sadness and mourn. Cry, you who serve at the altar. Come, you who serve my God in the temple. Spend the night dressed in the clothes of sadness. Weep because no one brings grain offerings and drink offerings to the house of your God anymore.
2 Chronicles 7:20 - Then I will remove Israel from my land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. I will make all the nations hate it. They will laugh and joke about it.
Psalm 74:18 - Lord, remember how your enemies have made fun of you. Remember how foolish people have attacked you with their words.
Psalm 74:19 - Don’t hand over Israel, your dove, to those wild animals. Don’t forget your suffering people forever.
Psalm 74:20 - Honor the covenant you made with us. Horrible things are happening in every dark corner of the land.
Psalm 74:21 - Don’t let your suffering people be put to shame. May those who are poor and needy praise you.
Psalm 74:22 - God, rise up. Stand up for your cause. Remember how foolish people make fun of you all day long.
Psalm 74:23 - Pay close attention to the shouts of your enemies. The trouble they cause never stops.
Ezekiel 20:9 - I wanted my name to be honored. So I brought my people out of Egypt. I did it to keep my name from being treated as if it were not holy. I didn’t want this to happen in front of the nations around my people. I had made myself known to Israel in the sight of those nations.
Exodus 34:9 - “Lord,” he said, “if you are pleased with me, then go with us. Even though these people are stubborn, forgive the evil things we have done. Forgive our sin. And accept us as your people.”
Amos 7:2 - The locusts stripped the land clean. Then I cried out, “Lord and King, forgive Israel! How can Jacob’s people continue? They are such a weak nation!”
Numbers 14:14 - And the Egyptians will tell the people who live in Canaan about it. Lord, they have already heard a lot about you. They’ve heard that you are with these people. They’ve heard that you have been seen face to face. They’ve been told that your cloud stays over them. They’ve heard that you go in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day. They’ve been told that you go in front of them in a pillar of fire at night.
Numbers 14:15 - Suppose you put all these people to death and leave none alive. Then the nations who have heard these things about you will talk. They’ll say,
Numbers 14:16 - ‘The Lord promised to give these people the land of Canaan. But he wasn’t able to bring them into it. So he killed them in the desert.’
Psalm 74:10 - God, how long will your enemies make fun of you? Will they attack you with their words forever?
Amos 7:5 - Then I cried out, “Lord and King, please stop! How can Jacob’s people continue? They are such a weak nation!”
Matthew 23:35 - So you will pay for all the godly people’s blood spilled on earth. I mean from the blood of godly Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berekiah. Zechariah was the one you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Psalm 42:10 - My body suffers deadly pain as my enemies make fun of me. All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
Micah 7:10 - Our enemies will see it too. And they will be put to shame. After all, they said to us, ‘Where is the Lord your God?’ But we will see them destroyed. Soon they will be stomped on like mud in the streets.”
2 Chronicles 8:12 - Solomon had built the Lord’s altar. It stood in front of the temple porch. On that altar Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord.
Isaiah 37:20 - Lord our God, save us from the power of Sennacherib. Then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you are the only God.”
Joel 1:9 - No one brings grain offerings and drink offerings to the Lord’s house anymore. So the priests who serve the Lord are filled with sorrow.
1 Kings 6:3 - The temple had a porch in front of the main hall. The porch was as wide as the temple itself. It was 30 feet wide. It came out 15 feet from the front of the temple.
Psalm 79:10 - Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Show the nations that you punish those who kill your people. We want to see it happen.
Psalm 115:2 - Why do the nations ask, “Where is their God?”
Ezekiel 8:16 - Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the Lord’s house. About 25 men were there. They were at the entrance to the Lord’s temple between the porch and the altar. Their backs were turned toward the temple. Their faces were turned toward the east. And they were bowing down to the sun.