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

Moreover, what are you to Me, (C)Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of (D)Philistia? Are you repaying Me with retribution? But if you are showing Me retribution, swiftly and speedily I will (E)return your retribution 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