Joel 3:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷“Look, I will bring them up from where you sold them,
    I will turn your revenge back upon you,^[a]
⁸and I will sell your sons and daughters into the control of the people of Judah.
    And they will sell them to the people of Sheba, a country far away.”
        Indeed, the Lord has spoken.”

The Lord’s Call to Judgment

⁹“Declare this among the nations:
    ‘Prepare for war!
Wake up your elite forces!
    Let all the soldiers draw near!
        Call them up!

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Footnotes

Joel 3:7 Lit. turn back your reward

Joel 3:7-9

New International Version

⁷“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. ⁸I 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)