Joel 3:6-8

3:6 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!

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “border.”

[3:7]  ² tn Heb “I will return your recompense on your head.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Heb “into the hand of.”

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the sons of Judah.”

[3:8]  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.