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Joel 3:6 Meaning

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.

Context Explained

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:

8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Key Themes

betrayaloppressioninjustice

Related Cross References

  • Amos 1:6

    Both verses highlight the oppression of God's people by foreign nations.

  • Matthew 26:15

    Judas' betrayal for silver contrasts with the injustice described in Joel.

  • Revelation 18:13

    The mention of trading people for profit echoes the themes of exploitation in Revelation.

Source: Joel 3:6