Joel 3:6 (GNV)

Passage

The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.

Nearby Context

Joel 3:4 Yea, and what haue you to do with me, O Tyrus and Zidon and all the costes of Palestina? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompence mee, swiftly and speedily will I render your recompence vpon your head:

Joel 3:5 For ye haue taken my siluer and my golde, and haue caried into your temples my goodly and pleasant things.

Joel 3:6 The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.

Joel 3:7 Beholde, I will rayse them out of the place where ye haue sold them, and will render your reward vpon your owne head,

Joel 3:8 And I will send your sonnes and your daughters into the hande of the children of Iudah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people farre off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "children", "iudah", "ierusalem", "haue", "solde", "vnto", and "grecians". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "children" and "iudah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For ye haue taken my siluer and..." into verse 7's "Beholde I will rayse them out of...", so "children" and "iudah" 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 "iudah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.