Joel 3:7

Translations

Modern

Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

Traditional

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

Literal

Behold, I am rousing them from the place where there you have sold them, and I will return your recompense upon your head!

Latin

Ecce ego suscitabo eos de loco in quo vendidistis eos, et convertam retributionem vestram in caput vestrum.

Original

Hebrew

English

Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

Notes

Joel 3:7–8

The people of Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia had enslaved Israelites, so the Lord would punish them by selling their sons and daughters into slavery.

Joel 3:1–16

Here, Joel spoke about God’s coming judgment on the nations, especially those that had oppressed God’s people.

Joel 2:28–3:21

In the distant future, God will restore his people's spiritual lives. He will give his Spirit to all who respond to him with faith. He will judge the peoples and nations that refuse to recognize his authority.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Justice Holy War

Events

Prophecies of Joelc. 820 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 43:5–6
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
Jeremiah 23:8
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
2 Thessalonians 1:6
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Jeremiah 30:16
Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
Zechariah 10:6–10
I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
Jeremiah 30:10
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
Isaiah 11:12
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Revelation 13:10
“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Revelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Judges 1:7
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

Glossary

Book of Joel Slave, Slavery Tyre Valley of Decision Valley of Jehoshaphat

Topics

Joel: Denounces Judgments Against the Enemies of God Servant: Bond: Bond Service Threatened, As a National Punishment, for the Disobedience of Israel Sidon: A City on the Northern Boundary of the Canaanites: Prophecies Concerning Tyre: Prophecies Respecting: Its Inhabitants to be Sold As Slaves, As a Recompence For

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