Joel 3:8

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!

Joel 3:19

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.

[3:8]  ¹ tn Heb “into the hand of.”

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “the sons of Judah.”

[3:8]  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.

[3:19]  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.