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Joel 3:8

Joel 3:8
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah,.... That is, deliver them into their hands, to dispose of them; this is thought to have been literally fulfilled in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I will sell your sons - God Himself would reverse the injustice of people. The sons of Zion should be restored, the sons of the Phoenicians and of the Philistines sold into distant captivity. Tyre was…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joel 3:1-8

We have often heard of the year of the redeemed, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion; now here we have a description of the transactions of that year, and a prophecy of what shall…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Yousold the children of Judah into slavery to a nation far off in the North West; Iwill sell your children into the hand of the Judahites, that they may sell them into slavery to a nation far off in…