Joel 3:5 (YLT)

Passage

In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

Nearby Context

Joel 3:3 And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

Joel 3:4 And also, what <FI>are<Fi> ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

Joel 3:5 In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

Joel 3:6 And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

Joel 3:7 Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "silver", "gold", "took", "desirable", "things", "good", "brought", and "temples". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "silver" and "gold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And also what FI are Fi ye..." into verse 6's "And sons of Judah and sons of...", so "silver" and "gold" 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 "silver" and "gold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.