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Joel 3:3
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Joel 3:3 · Webster Bible
Joel 3:3 in other translations
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
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In context
1 For behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided my land.
3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4 Yes, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily I will return your recompense upon your own head;
5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.
6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
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