Joel 3:3

New International Reader's Version

They cast lots for my people. They sold boys into slavery to get prostitutes. They sold girls to buy some wine to drink.

Cross References

Job 6:27

You would even cast lots for those whose fathers have died. You would even trade away your closest friend.

Ezekiel 27:13

“ ‘ “Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you. They traded human beings and bronze objects for your products.

Joel 1:5

Get up and weep, you people who drink too much! Cry, all you who drink wine! Cry because the fresh wine has been taken away from you.

Amos 2:6

The Lord says, “The people of Israel have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They sell into slavery those who have done no wrong. They trade needy people for a mere pair of sandals.

Obadiah 1:11

Outsiders entered the gates of Jerusalem. They cast lots to see what each one would get. Strangers carried off its wealth. When that happened, you just stood there and did nothing. You were like one of them.

Nahum 3:10

But Thebes was captured anyway. Its people were taken away as prisoners. Its babies were smashed to pieces at every street corner. The Assyrian soldiers cast lots for all its nobles. They put them in chains and made slaves out of them.

Revelation 18:13

Cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense. Wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat. Cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, and human beings sold as slaves.