Joel

Joel 2:17

¹⁷Let 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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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let the priests	הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
who minister	מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י	mə·šā·rə·ṯê	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct	H8334 minister, serve
before the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
weep	יִבְכּוּ֙	yiḇ·kū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1058 weep, bewail
between	בֵּ֤ין	bên	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
the portico	הָאוּלָם֙	hā·’ū·lām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H197 porch
and the altar	וְלַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ	wə·lam·miz·bê·aḥ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
saying	וְֽיֹאמְר֞וּ	wə·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Spare	ח֧וּסָה	ḥū·sāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2347 pity, look upon with compassion
Your people	עַמֶּ֗ךָ	‘am·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5971 people
O LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and do not	וְאַל־	wə·’al-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
make	תִּתֵּ֨ן	tit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
Your heritage	נַחֲלָתְךָ֤	na·ḥă·lā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
a reproach	לְחֶרְפָּה֙	lə·ḥer·pāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H2781 reproach
an object of scorn	לִמְשָׁל־	lim·šāl-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4910 rule, have dominion, reign
among the nations	גּוֹיִ֔ם	gō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
Why	לָ֚מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
should they say	יֹאמְר֣וּ	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
among the peoples	בָֽעַמִּ֔ים	ḇā·‘am·mîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5971 people
Where	אַיֵּ֖ה	’ay·yêh	Interrogative	H346 Where?
is their God	אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃	’ĕ·lō·hê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H430 God

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 115:2 · Ezekiel 8:16 · Psalm 79:10 · 1 Kings 6:3 · Amos 7:2 · Joel 1:9 · Hosea 14:2 · Matthew 23:35 · Daniel 9:18–19 · Exodus 34:9 · 2 Chronicles 8:12 · Psalm 89:41

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.