Joel 3:7

⁵ Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

⁶ 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.

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

⁸ And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

⁹ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

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: Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
KJV: Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
WEB: Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
ASV: behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;
DARBY: Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.
BLB: Behold, I am rousing them from the place where there you⁺ have sold them, and I will return your⁺ recompense upon your⁺ head!

ÅB: Se, jeg kaller dem fra det sted som dere har solgt dem til, og lar deres gjerning falle tilbake på deres eget hode.
OTB: "Se, jeg vil vekke dem fra stedene hvor dere solgte dem, og vende deres gjengjeldelse tilbake på deres egne hoder.
B1930: Se, jeg kaller dem fra det sted som I har solgt dem til, og lar eders gjerning falle tilbake på eders eget hode.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 43:5–6
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
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Jeremiah 23:8
But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
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2 Thessalonians 1:6
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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Jeremiah 30:16
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
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Jeremiah 30:10
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
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Zechariah 10:6–10
And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
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Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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Revelation 13:10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
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