Joel 3:6

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, 1 in order to remove them far from their territory. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

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

5For you took my silver and my gold, 1 and you brought my precious treasures into your temples. 1

7Look, I am about to stir them up, out of the place where you sold them, 1 and will return payment on your own head. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again by ships, by the route about which I had said to you, 'You will not see Egypt again.' There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will purchase you.”

Joel 3:3They cast lots for my people, 1 traded a boy for a prostitute, 1 and sold a girl for wine 1 so they could drink. 1

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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