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Joel 3:8 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Joel 3:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joel chapter 3 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.”
Joel 3:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joel 3:8
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah—the tables are completely turned. The verb makar (מָכַר, "sell"), used in verse 6 for the nations selling Judah's children, now describes God selling the nations' children to Judah. This is precise, poetic justice—the punishment mirrors the crime exactly. Those who commodified and trafficked God's covenant children will experience the same horror inflicted on their own families. The Hebrew benekhem uvnotekem (your sons and your daughters) echoes verse 6's language, emphasizing the reversal.And they shall sell t...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joel 3:8
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“The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.”
“and took them away. Yes”
“and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about”
“and will yet choose Israel”
“and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable”
“who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera”
“I will surely go with you: notwithstanding”
“and two put ten thousand to flight”
“and beautiful crowns on their heads.”