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Joel 3:3-5
English Standard Version
Joel 3:3-5
English Standard Version
3 and (A)have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
4 “What are you to me, (B)O Tyre and Sidon, and all (C)the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, (D)I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. 5 For (E)you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.[a]
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Joel 3:3-5
New International Version
Joel 3:3-5
New International Version
3 They cast lots(A) for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine(B) to drink.
4 “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) 5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[a](F)
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- Joel 3:5 Or palaces
English Standard Version (ESV) 
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