Joel 3:3
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New International Version (©1984)
They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They threw dice for my people. They traded boys for prostitutes. They sold girls so that they could buy wine to drink.

King James Bible
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.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.

Darby Bible Translation
and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Geneva Study Bible

And they have cast lots for my people; and have {c} given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

(c) That which the enemy received for the sale of my people, they bestowed upon harlots and drink.

Wesley's Notes

3:3 Cast lots - It was customary with conquerors to divide the captives by lot, and so did these enemies of the Jews.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. cast lots for my people-that is, divided among themselves My people as their captives by lot. Compare as to the distribution of captives by lot (Ob 11; Na 3:10).

given a boy for . harlot-Instead of paying a harlot for her prostitution in money, they gave her a Jewish captive boy as a slave.

girl for wine-So valueless did they regard a Jewish girl that they would sell her for a draught of wine.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:1-8 The restoration of the Jews, and the final victory of true religion over all opposers, appear to be here foretold. The contempt and scorn with which the Jews have often been treated as a people, and the little value set upon them, are noticed. None ever hardened his heart against God or his church, and prospered long.


Amos 2:6 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Obadiah 1:11 "On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them.
Nahum 3:10 Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters. (NASB ©1995)

Boy Boys Cast Chance Decision Drink Drunk Fate Girl Girls Harlot Lot Lots Price Prostitute Prostitutes Sold Traded Wine Young


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.

2Ch 28:8,9 Am 2:6 Ob 11 Na 3:10 Re 18:13

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