Joel 2:17

Full Chapter

September 18, 2025

KJV

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?

BSB

Let 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?’”

WEB

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?’”

YLT

Between the porch and the altar weep let the priests, ministrants of Jehovah, And let them say: ‘Have pity, O Jehovah, on Thy people, And give not Thy inheritance to reproach, To the ruling over them of nations, Why do they say among peoples, Where is their God?’

F.O.G Original

Let the priests, יהוה Yahweh’s servants, Weep between the entrance hall and the altar, And say, “Spare Your people, יהוה Yahweh, do not give Your inheritance to be a disgrace, A proverb in their nations, why oh why, should these peoples say, “Where in their God?”

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

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