Joel 3:3

Joel 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
• New International Version (NIV)They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine to drink.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

Context of Joel 3:3

1“For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land. They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink. 4Moreover, what are you to Me, Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying Me with retribution? But if you are showing Me retribution, swiftly and speedily I will return your retribution on your head! 5Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

Joel 3:3 word by word

וְאֶל־עַמִּ֖י יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֑ל וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ בַּזּוֹנָ֔ה וְהַיַּלְדָּ֛ה מָכְר֥וּ בַיַּ֖יִן וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃Read the interlinear

• castיָדַדyâdad · to cast a lotH3032
• lotsגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• for My peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Tradedנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• a boyיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• for a prostituteזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• And soldמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
• a girlיַלְדָּהyaldâh · maidenH3207
• for wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• so that they may drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354

Cross-references for Joel 3:3

• 2 Chronicles 28:8The sons of Israel led away captive two hundred thousand of their relatives, women, sons, and daughters; and they also took a great deal of spoils from them, and brought the spoils to Samaria.
• Amos 2:6This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money, And the needy for a pair of sandals.
• Obadiah 1:11On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them.
• Nahum 3:10Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were smashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with shackles.
• Revelation 18:13cinnamon, spice, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, and cargo of horses, carriages, slaves, and human lives.

Commentaries on Joel 3:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Have given a boy for a harlot - To such wretched circumstances were the poor Jews reduced in their captivity, that their children were sold by their oppressors; and both males and females used for the basest purposes. And they were often bartered for the necessaries or luxuries of life. Or this may refer to the issue of the Chaldean war in Judea, where the captives were divided among the victors. And being set in companies, they cast lots for them: and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And they have cast lots - They treated God‘s people as of no account, and delighted in showing their contempt toward them. They chose no one above another, as though all alike were worthless. “They cast lots,” it is said elsewhere, “upon their honorable men” Nahum 3:10, as a special indignity, above captivity or slavery. A “girl” they sold for an evening‘s revelry, and a “boy” they exchanged for a night‘s debauch.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The Lord would gather the armies of the world (literally all the nations) in the valley of Jehoshaphat. This valley is not related to King Jehoshaphat of Judah (1 Kings 22:41). Instead, it means “the valley where the Lord judges.” It is the place where God would decide the fate of the nations (see Joel 3:14). The sins of the nations included driving God’s covenant people into exile. They also included abusing helpless boys and girls by selling them as…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. cast lots for my people--that is, divided among themselves My people as their captives by lot. Compare as to the distribution of captives by lot (Ob 11; Na 3:10). given a boy for ... harlot--Instead of paying a harlot for her prostitution in money, they gave her a Jewish captive boy as a slave. girl for wine--So valueless did they regard a Jewish girl that they would sell her for a draught of wine.Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 3:3

• Drunkenness
• Jerusalem
• Joel
• Lasciviousness
• Lot, the
• Wine

In the dictionaries

• Captive
• Flow
• Harvest
• Hope
• Wake
• Boy
• Drunkenness
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Girl
• Grecians; Greeks

Commentaries on Joel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings