Joel 3:8 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Joel 3:9 Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe neere and come vp.

Joel 3:10 Breake your plowshares into swords, and your sithes into speares: let the weake say, I am strong.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "send", "sonnes", "daughters", "hande", "children", "iudah", "shall", and "sell". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "send" and "sonnes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Beholde I will rayse them out of..." into verse 9's "Publish this among the Gentiles prepare warre...", so "send" and "sonnes" 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 "send" and "sonnes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.