Joel 3:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.

Cross References

Job 6:27

Why, you would sell an orphan or your own neighbour!

Ezekiel 27:13

The people of Greece, Tubal, and Meshech traded slaves and things made of bronze,

Joel 1:5

Sober up, you drunkards! Cry long and loud; your wine supply is gone.

Amos 2:6

The LORD said: I will punish Israel for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They sell honest people for money, and the needy are sold for the price of sandals.

Obadiah 1:11

You stood there and watched as foreigners entered Jerusalem and took what they wanted. In fact, you were no better than those foreigners.

Nahum 3:10

But she was captured and taken to a foreign country. Her children were murdered at every street corner. The members of her royal family were auctioned off, and her high officials were bound in chains.

Revelation 18:13

No one will buy their cinnamon, spices, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, slaves, and other humans.