They cast lots for My people;(A)
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink.(B)

And also: Tyre,(C) Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia(D)—what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.(E) For you took My silver and gold and carried My finest treasures(F) to your temples.

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They cast lots(A) for my people
    and traded boys for prostitutes;
    they sold girls for wine(B) to drink.

“Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(C) and all you regions of Philistia?(D) Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.(E) For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:5 Or palaces