Joel 3:6

And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, || You have sold to the sons of Javan, || To put them far off from their border.

Literal 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

5In that My silver and My gold you took, || And My desirable things that are good, || You have brought into your temples.

7Behold, I am stirring them up out of the place || To where you have sold them, || And I have turned back your repayment on your head,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68And YHWH has brought you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You do not add to see it anymore; and you have sold yourselves to your enemies there, for menservants and for maidservants, and there is no buyer.”

Joel 3:3And for My people they cast a lot, || And they give the young man for a harlot, || And have sold the young woman 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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