Joel 3:3

New English Translation

³and they cast lots for my people.
They traded^[a] a boy for a prostitute;
they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.^[b]

Joel 3:3 tn Heb “gave.”
Joel 3:3 sn Heb “and they drank.” Joel vividly refers to a situation where innocent human life has little value; its only worth is its use in somehow satisfying selfish appetites of wicked people who have control over others (cf. Amos 2:6 and 8:6).

Joel 3:3

King James Version

³And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

³They have ^(A)cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

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