Joel 3:6

(4-6) the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of Jevanim, that ye might remove them far from their border;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

5(4-5) Forasmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures;

7(4-7) behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your retribution upon your own head;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68And the LORD shall bring thee back into Egypt in 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 bondwoman, and no man shall buy you.

Joel 3:3(4-3) And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.

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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