Joel 3:6

And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5For you have taken away my silver and my gold: and my desirable and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples.

7Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68The Lord shall bring thee again with ships into Egypt, by the way whereof he said to thee that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Joel 3:3And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.

Matthew Henry on Joel 3:2-9

Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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