Joel 3:4

(4:4) And also ye, what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all ye districts of Philistia? is this the recompense which ye repay me? or do ye only commence to render me evil?— swiftly and speedily will I bring back your recompense upon your own head;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

In Context

3(4:3) And for my people did they cast lots; and gave a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and drank it.

5(4:5) Because my silver and my gold have ye taken, and the handsomest of my precious things have ye carried into your temples;

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Cross References

Judges 11:12And Yiphthach sent messengers unto the king of the children of 'Ammon, saying, What have I to do with thee, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

2 Chronicles 28:17Moreover the Edomites came again and defeated [the men of] Judah, and carried away captives.

Isaiah 34:8For it is the day of vengeance unto the Lord, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.

Jeremiah 47:4Because of the day that cometh to devastate all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every helper that remaineth; for the Lord devastateth the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphthor.

Ezekiel 25:12Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Because the Edomites have acted revengefully against the house of Judah, and have greatly offended, and have taken vengeance on them:

Joel 2:10Before them trembleth the earth; the heavens quake; the sun and the moon are obscured, and the stars withdraw their brightness.

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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