Joel 3:6
4 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.
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
7 Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
- KJV
- The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
- WEB
- and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.
- ASV
- and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;
- DARBY
- and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.
- BLB
- And the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem you⁺ sold to the sons of Javan, that you might remove them far from their borders.
- ÅB
- og Judas barn og Jerusalems barn solgte dere til Javans barn for å få dem langt bort fra sitt land.
- OTB
- Dere solgte Judas og Jerusalems folk til grekerne, for å fjerne dem langt fra deres hjemland.
- B1930
- og Judas barn og Jerusalems barn solgte I til Javans barn for å få dem langt bort fra sitt land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
Read in contextJoel 3:3
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
Read in contextJoel 3:8
I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:68
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
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