Tree of Life Version
Joel 3:3
3I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth— blood, fire and pillars of smoke.
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“So it will be afterward, I will pour out My Ruach on all flesh: your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 2“Also on the male and the female servants will I pour out My spirit in those days. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth— blood, fire and pillars of smoke. 4The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of Adonai comes. 5Then all who call on Adonai’s Name will escape, for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be rescue, as Adonai has said, among the survivors whom Adonai is calling.”
Read all of Joel 3Joel 3:3 word by word
וְאֶל־עַמִּ֖י יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֑ל וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ בַּזּוֹנָ֔ה וְהַיַּלְדָּ֛ה מָכְר֥וּ בַיַּ֖יִן וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they have castיָדַדyâdad · to cast a lotH3032
- lotsגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
- for my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and have givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- a boyיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
- for an harlotזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
- and soldמָכַרmâkar · to sellH4376
- a girlיַלְדָּהyaldâh · maidenH3207
- for wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- that they might drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
Cross-references for Joel 3:3
- 2 Chronicles 28:8Men of Israel carried away captive 200,000 of their kinsmen, women, sons and daughters. They also took away a great deal of plunder from them that they brought to Samaria.
- Amos 2:6Thus says Adonai: “For three crimes of Israel even for four, I will not relent. For they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes.
- Obadiah 1:11On the day that you stood aloof—on the day that strangers carried away his wealth, while foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem— you were just like one of them.
- Nahum 3:10Yet she went off to exile among the captives. Even her babes were dashed to pieces at the head of all streets. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her great men were bound with chains.
- Revelation 18:13cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine, oil, fine flour, and wheat; cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; and slaves—that is, human souls.
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
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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
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