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Joel 2:17–18

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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?
¶ Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
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From verse 17

  1. Psalms 115:2Rank 1 from verse 17
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    2Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

  2. Ezekiel 8:16Rank 2 from verse 17
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    16And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

  3. Psalms 79:10Rank 3 from verse 17
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    10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

  4. 1 Kings 6:3Rank 4 from verse 17
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    3And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

  5. Amos 7:2Rank 5 from verse 17
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    2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

  6. Daniel 9:18–19Rank 6 from verse 17
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    18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

    19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

  7. Exodus 34:9Rank 7 from verse 17
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    9And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

  8. Hosea 14:2Rank 8 from verse 17
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    2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

  9. Joel 1:9Rank 9 from verse 17
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    9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.

  10. Matthew 23:35Rank 10 from verse 17
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    35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

  11. 2 Chronicles 8:12Rank 11 from verse 17
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    12¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,

  12. Amos 7:5Rank 12 from verse 17
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    5Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

  13. Deuteronomy 32:27Rank 13 from verse 17
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    27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

  14. Exodus 32:11–13Rank 14 from verse 17
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    11And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

    12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

  15. Ezekiel 20:9Rank 15 from verse 17
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    9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  16. Ezekiel 36:4–7Rank 16 from verse 17
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    4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

    5Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

    6Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

    7Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

  17. Isaiah 37:20Rank 17 from verse 17
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    20Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

  18. Isaiah 63:17–19Rank 18 from verse 17
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    17¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

    18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

    19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

  19. Isaiah 64:9–12Rank 19 from verse 17
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    9¶ Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

    10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

    11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

    12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

  20. Malachi 1:9Rank 20 from verse 17
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    9And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.

  21. Matthew 27:43Rank 21 from verse 17
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    43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

  22. Micah 7:10Rank 22 from verse 17
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    10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  23. Numbers 14:14–16Rank 23 from verse 17
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    14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

    15¶ Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

    16Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

  24. Psalms 42:10Rank 24 from verse 17
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    10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

  25. Psalms 44:10–14Rank 25 from verse 17
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    10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

    11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

    12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

    13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

    14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

  26. Psalms 74:10Rank 26 from verse 17
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    10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

  27. Psalms 74:18–23Rank 27 from verse 17
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    18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

    19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

    20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

    21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

    22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

    23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

  28. Psalms 79:4Rank 28 from verse 17
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    4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  29. Psalms 89:41Rank 29 from verse 17
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    41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

  30. Psalms 89:51Rank 30 from verse 17
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    51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

  31. Nehemiah 9:36Rank 31 from verse 17
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    36Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

  32. 1 Kings 9:7Rank 32 from verse 17
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    7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  33. 2 Chronicles 7:20Rank 33 from verse 17
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    20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

  34. Deuteronomy 28:37Rank 34 from verse 17
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    37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  35. Deuteronomy 9:16–29Rank 35 from verse 17
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    16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.

    17And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

    18And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

    19For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also.

    20And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

    21And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

    22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

    23Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

    24Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.

    25Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the Lord had said he would destroy you.

    26I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

    27Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

    28Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

    29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

  36. Joel 1:13Rank 36 from verse 17
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    13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

  37. Psalms 42:3Rank 37 from verse 17
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    3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

From verse 18

  1. Zechariah 8:2Rank 1 from verse 18
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    2Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

  2. Psalms 103:13Rank 2 from verse 18
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    13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

  3. Zechariah 1:14Rank 3 from verse 18
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    14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

  4. James 5:11Rank 4 from verse 18
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    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  5. Lamentations 3:22Rank 5 from verse 18
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    22It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  6. Isaiah 63:15Rank 6 from verse 18
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    15¶ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  7. Isaiah 63:9Rank 7 from verse 18
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    9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  8. Isaiah 60:10Rank 8 from verse 18
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    10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

  9. Jeremiah 31:20Rank 9 from verse 18
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    20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

  10. Luke 15:20Rank 10 from verse 18
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    20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

  11. Deuteronomy 32:16Rank 11 from verse 18
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    16They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

  12. Deuteronomy 32:36Rank 12 from verse 18
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    36For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

  13. Deuteronomy 32:43Rank 13 from verse 18
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    43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

  14. Hosea 11:8–9Rank 14 from verse 18
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    8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

    9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

  15. Isaiah 42:13Rank 15 from verse 18
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    13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

  16. Judges 10:16Rank 16 from verse 18
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    16And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

  17. Psalms 103:17Rank 17 from verse 18
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    17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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DEFINED WORDS

Joel 2:17

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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weep

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To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spare

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1. To refrain from injuring, killing, destroying, using, or spending. 2. To preserve a person or thing from harm. 3. To withhold punishment. 4. To keep back or have remaining.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

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COMBINED MEANING

heathen

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A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rule

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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Joel 2:18

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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pity

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Sense 1: Compassion or sorrow awakened by another's distress. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel or show compassion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:15¶ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

2:17Let 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?

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2:18¶ Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

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2:19Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

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