Joel 3:6 BSB — MannaFest

Joel 3:6

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

BSB

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ASV

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;

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Joel (420)

(Verse 4-6.) But what do you want with me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you retaliate against me? If you retaliate against me, I will quickly repay you for your actions upon your own heads. For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried off my precious treasures into your temples. You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, in order to remove them far from their own land. LXX: What have I to do with you, Tyre and Sidon, and all the Galilee of the Gentiles?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Sold unto the Grecians - These were the descendants of Javan, Gen 10:2-5. And with them the Tyrians trafficked, Eze 27:19. That ye might remove them far from their border - Intending to send them as far off as possible, that it might be impossible for them to get back to reclaim the land of which you had dispossessed them.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Grecians--literally, "Javanites," that is, the Ionians, a Greek colony on the coast of Asia Minor who were the first Greeks known to the Jews. The Greeks themselves, however, in their original descent came from Javan (Ge 10:2, 4).

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנֵ֤י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] people of	H1121 →
יְהוּדָה֙	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
וּבְנֵ֣י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] people of	H1121 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
מְכַרְתֶּ֖ם	me.khar.Tem	you sold	H4376 →
לִבְנֵ֣י	liv.Nei	to [the] people of	H1121 →
הַיְּוָנִ֑ים	hai.ye.va.Nim	the Greeks	H3125 →
לְמַ֥עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
הַרְחִיקָ֖ם	har.chi.Kam	to remove far away them	H7368 →
מֵעַ֥ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
גְּבוּלָֽם׃	ge.vu.Lam	own territory their	H1366 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4376mekhartemyou sold80×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 28:68
The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but…
leads to
- Jeremiah 44:12
  And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword…
- Jeremiah 43:7
  So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
- Hosea 8:13
  Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to…
- Hosea 9:3
  They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
- Deuteronomy 17:16
  But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way…
Through
Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
leads to
- Genesis 10:2
  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Through
Joel 3:3
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
leads to
- Revelation 18:13
  of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 28:32
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:41
  You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

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