Joel 3:6

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;

American Standard Version

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

5Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,

7behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

Joel 3:3and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may 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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