3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters to 1 the people of Judah. 2
They will sell them to the Sabeans, 3 a nation far away.
Indeed, the Lord has spoken!
3:19 Egypt will be desolate
and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, 4
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
1 tn Heb “into the hand of.”
2 tn Heb “the sons of Judah.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “violence of the sons of Judah.” The phrase “of the sons of Judah” is an objective genitive (cf. KJV “the violence against the children of Judah”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “violence done to the people of Judah”). It refers to injustices committed against the Judeans, not violence that the Judeans themselves had committed against others.