Discovery BoxJoel 3:6-8 
Context3:6 You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks,
removing them far from their own country. 1
3:7 Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them.
I will repay you for what you have done! 2
3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters to 3 the people of Judah. 4
They will sell them to the Sabeans, 5 a nation far away.
Indeed, the Lord has spoken!
1 tn Heb “border.”
2 tn Heb “I will return your recompense on your head.”
3 tn Heb “into the hand of.”
4 tn Heb “the sons of Judah.”
5 sn The Sabeans were Arabian merchants who were influential along the ancient caravan routes that traveled through Arabia. See also Job 1:15; Isa 43:3; 45:14; Ps 72:10.
