Joel 3:6 (DRB)

Passage

And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem, you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.

Nearby Context

Joel 3:4 But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head.

Joel 3:5 For you have taken away my silver, and my gold: and my desirable, and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples.

Joel 3:6 And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem, you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.

Joel 3:7 Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads.

Joel 3:8 And I will sell your sons, and your daughters, by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "juda", "jerusalem", "sold", "greeks", and "might". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "juda", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For you have taken away my silver..." into verse 7's "Behold I will raise them up out...", so "children" and "juda" belong inside that flow. In Joel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "children" and "juda" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.