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Joel 3:3-5
Expanded Bible
Joel 3:3-5
Expanded Bible
3 and ·threw [T cast] lots for my people.
They traded boys for prostitutes,
and they sold girls to buy wine to ·drink [get drunk].
4 “Tyre and Sidon and all of you regions of Philistia! What did you have against me? Were you ·punishing me [paying me back; taking vengeance] for something I did, ·or were you doing something to hurt me? [or If you were trying to pay me back,] I will very quickly ·do to you [L return on your heads] what you have done to me. 5 You took my silver and gold, and you put my ·precious [costly; rich; prized] treasures in your ·temples [or palaces].
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Joel 3:3-5
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Joel 3:3-5
New International Version
3 They cast lots(A) for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine(B) to drink.
4 “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(C) and all you regions of Philistia?(D) Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.(E) 5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[a](F)
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- Joel 3:5 Or palaces
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