Joel 3:6

you have sold the people of Judah and of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you might remove them far from their own borders.

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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

5You who have taken my silver and my gold, and you have brought my goodly jewels into your palaces,

7I am about to stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds upon your own head.

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Cross References

Joel 3:3They have cast lots for my people. They have traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it.

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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