Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

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.

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

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Because you have taken My silver and My gold,
And have carried into your temples My [a]prized possessions.
Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.

“Behold, (A)I will raise them
Out of the place to which you have sold them,
And will return your [b]retaliation upon your own head.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:5 Lit. precious good things
  2. Joel 3:7 Or repayment