Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Joel 3:3
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They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
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And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
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and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
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and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
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Joel 3
1 “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
3 They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
4 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
5 For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
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