Joel 3:6

The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 ye haue taken my siluer and my golde, and haue caried into your temples my goodly and pleasant things.

7Beholde, I will rayse them out of the place where ye haue sold them, and will render your reward vpon your owne head,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt againe with shippes by the way, whereof I saide vnto thee, Thou shalt see it no more againe: and there yee shall sell your selues vnto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shalbe no byer.

Joel 3:3And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, and sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.

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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