3:3 and they cast lots for my people.
They traded 1 a boy for a prostitute;
they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. 2
3:7 Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them.
I will repay you for what you have done! 3
1 tn Heb “gave.”
2 sn Heb “and they drank.” Joel vividly refers to a situation where innocent human life has little value; its only worth is its use in somehow satisfying selfish appetites of wicked people who have control over others (cf. Amos 2:6 and 8:6).
3 tn Heb “I will return your recompense on your head.”