“‘“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
Joel 3:6 - Y'all Version Bible and y’all have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, in order to remove them far from their border. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Grecians, that you may remove them far from their border. American Standard Version (1901) and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border; Common English Bible You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border. Catholic Public Domain Version And you, sons of Judah and sons of Jerusalem, you have sold the sons of the Greeks, so that you might drive them far from their own territory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country. |
“‘“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They traded the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
and I will sell y’all’s sons and daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for YHWH has spoken it.”
For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have loaded the bow with Ephraim. I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.
YHWH will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told to you that you would never see it again. There y’all will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.