Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them;(A) I will bring retribution on your heads. I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah,(B) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,[a](C) to a distant nation, for the Lord has spoken.

Proclaim this among the nations:(D)
Prepare for holy war;(E)
rouse the warriors;(F)
let all the men of war advance and attack!

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:8 Probably the south Arabian kingdom of Sheba (modern Yemen)

“See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,(A) and I will return(B) on your own heads what you have done. I will sell your sons(C) and daughters to the people of Judah,(D) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(E) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(F)

Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!(G)
Rouse the warriors!(H)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.

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