Discovery BoxJoel 2:9 
Context2:9 They rush into 1 the city;
they scale 2 its walls.
They climb up into the houses;
they go in through the windows like a thief.
Joel 3:3
Context3:3 and they cast lots for my people.
They traded 3 a boy for a prostitute;
they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. 4
1 tn Heb “dart about in.”
2 tn Or “they run upon its wall.”
3 tn Heb “gave.”
4 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).
