Joel 3:6

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks,that you may remove them far from their border.

New Heart English 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

5Because you have taken my silver and my gold,and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,

7Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them,and will return your repayment on your own head;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68The Lord will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.

Joel 3:3and have cast lots for my people,and have given a boy for a prostitute,and sold a girl 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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