Joel 3:4

² I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.

³ They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

⁵ For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

⁶ You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
KJV: Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
WEB: “Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
ASV: Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.
DARBY: Yea also, what have ye to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the districts of Philistia? Will ye render me a recompence? But if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily will I bring your recompence upon your own head;
BLB: And indeed, what [are] you⁺ to Me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? A recompense are you⁺ rendering against Me, or are you⁺ retaliating against Me? Swiftly [and] speedily I will return your⁺ recompense upon your⁺ head,

ÅB: Og dere, Tyrus og Sidon og alle Filisterlands bygder! Hva vil meg? Er det noe dere vil gjengjelde meg, eller vil dere gjøre meg noe? Snart, i en hast, skal jeg la deres gjerning falle tilbake på deres eget hode,
OTB: "Nå, hva er dere for meg, Tyrus, Sidon, og alle Filisterlandene? Betaler dere meg tilbake for noe? Hvis dere betaler meg tilbake, vil jeg raskt og snart vende deres gjengjeldelse tilbake på deres egne hoder.
B1930: Og I, Tyrus og Sidon og alle Filisterlands bygder! Hvad vil mig? Er det noget I vil gjengjelde mig, eller vil I gjøre mig noget? Snart, i en hast, skal jeg la eders gjerning falle tilbake på eders eget hode,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 1:6–10
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Jeremiah 47:4
For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
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Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
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Isaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
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Ezekiel 25:12–17
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
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Isaiah 23:1–2
This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
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2 Chronicles 21:16
Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
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Luke 18:7
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