And they have cast lots for my people, and have given the child [a]for the harlot, and sold the girl for wine, that they might drink.

Yea, and [b]what have you to do with me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? will ye render me [c]a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I render your recompense upon your head:

For ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly and pleasant things.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:3 That which the enemy gat for the sale of my people, he bestowed upon harlots and drink.
  2. Joel 3:4 He taketh the cause of his Church in hand against the enemy, as though the injury were done to himself.
  3. Joel 3:4 Have I done you wrong, that ye will render me the like?

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