“They have also (A)cast lots for My people,
[a](B)Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

Moreover, what are you to Me, O (C)Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of (D)Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will (E)return your recompense on your head. Since you have (F)taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious [b]treasures to your temples,

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  1. Joel 3:3 Lit Given
  2. Joel 3:5 Lit goodly things

They cast lots(A) for my people
    and traded boys for prostitutes;
    they sold girls for wine(B) to drink.

“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) For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[a](F)

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  1. Joel 3:5 Or palaces