Joel 3:5 Meaning
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
Context Explained
3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
7Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Zechariah 14:2
Both verses address the exploitation of God's people and the coming judgment.
Matthew 21:12
Jesus' cleansing of the temple contrasts with the exploitation described in Joel.
Luke 19:45
Similar to Matthew, this verse shows Jesus confronting greed in the temple.
Source: Joel 3:5