NET

17 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?’

Darby

17 Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations^D6233. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Darby Bible Notes

nations - Or 'that the nations should rule over them.'

KJV

17 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^K6151: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?

KJV Bible Notes

rule over them: Or, use a byword against them.