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?’”
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, betwe
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the b
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechar
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive,
Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that w
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are
“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-nec
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were livi
if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hil
And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, a
Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your se
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see
Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all You
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of thi
“But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks th
He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctif
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have s
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers
And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.