Joel 3:6

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

Webster 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 ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.

7Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:68And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I have said to thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold to your enemies for bond-men and bond-women, and no man shall buy you .

Joel 3:3And 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.

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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