Joel 3:4
"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon,and all the regions of Philistia?Will you repay me?And if you repay me,I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Because you have taken my silver and my gold,and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
Cross References
Judges 11:12Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, "What have you to do with me, that you are come to me to fight against my land?"
2 Chronicles 28:17For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
Isaiah 34:8For the Lord has a day of vengeance,a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Jeremiah 47:4because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for the Lord will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
Ezekiel 25:12"Thus says the Lord God: 'Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself on them';
Joel 2:10The earth quakes before them.The heavens tremble.The sun and the moon are darkened,and the stars withdraw their shining.
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 →