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Joel 3:6-8
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6 You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks,
removing them far from their own country.[a]
7 Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them.
I will repay you for what you have done![b]
8 I will sell your sons and daughters to[c] the people of Judah.[d]
They will sell them to the Sabeans,[e] a nation far away.
Indeed, the Lord has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:6 tn Heb “border.”
  2. Joel 3:7 tn Heb “I will return your recompense on your head.”
  3. Joel 3:8 tn Heb “into the hand of.”
  4. Joel 3:8 tn Heb “the sons of Judah.”
  5. Joel 3:8 sn The Sabeans were Arabian merchants who were influential along the ancient caravan routes that traveled through Arabia. See also Job 1:15; Isa 43:3; 45:14; Ps 72:10.
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