Verse 6. Sold unto the Grecians] These were the descendants of Javan, Genesis 10:2-1. And with them the Tyrians trafficked, Ezekiel 27:19.
That ye might remove them far from their border.] Intending to send them as far off as possible, that it might be impossible for them to get back to reclaim the land of which you had dispossessed them.
THE CHILDREN ALSO - Literally, “And the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem have ye sold to the sons of the Greeks.” This sin of the Tyrians was probably old and inveterate. The Tyrians, as they w...
III. THE EVENTS OF THE DAY OF THE LORD: ISRAEL'S ENEMIES JUDGED AND THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The judgment of the nations (Joel 3:1) _ 2. The preceding warfare of the nations and how i...
YAHWEH WILL RECOMPENSE WITH PUNISHMENT THE NATIONS THAT HAVE OPPRESSED HIS PEOPLE. In that Day, when Yahweh will restore the fortunes of His people, He will bring into the Valley of Jehoshaphat all na...
CHILDREN. sons. THE GRECIANS. Hebrew the sons of the Greeks....
The Phoenicians had further played the part of slave-dealers, and had sold Judahite captives into the hands of the Greeks. The slave-traffic of the Phoenicians is often mentioned; they sometimes kidna...
The Phoenicians and Philistines are here singled out as the nations which have sinned especially against Israel: they have not only enriched their own palaces with the plunder of Judah, but have also...
Part II. Chap. Joel 2:18 to Joel 3:21 Jehovah's answer to His people's prayer of penitence. He will remove from them the plague of locusts, and bestow upon them an abundance of both material and spir...
_RECOMPENSE UPON THE NATIONS -- JOEL 3:6-11:_ These nations kidnapped the young people of Jerusalem from their land and sold them as slaves to the Greeks. God promised that He would now grant freedom...
GOD'S VICTORY OVER THE ENEMIES OF HIS PEOPLE FUTURE BLESSINGS (cont-'d) TEXT: Joel 3:1-15 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusale...
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. THE CHILDREN ALSO OF JUDAH ... AND OF JERUSALEM HAVE YE SOL...
3:6 Greeks, (i-19) Heb. _ Javanim_ , Genesis 10:2 ....
THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GLORY OF ISRAEL A general judgment of all nations, for their mistreatment of Israel, is announced in the valley of Jehoshaphat (Joel 3:1). Tyre, Zidon, and Philisti...
THE DAY OF THE LORD JOEL _ROY ROHU_ CHAPTER 3 THE *LORD *JUDGES THE NATIONS V1 ‘One day, at that time, I will make *Judah and Jerusalem great again. V2 Then I will bring all the nations together...
UNTO THE GRECIANS. — Javan, the Hebrew name for Greece, is mentioned in Ezekiel as one of the representatives of the heathen nations who “traded (with Tyre) the persons of men and vessels in her marke...
_[Joel 4:6]_ וּ בְנֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּ בְנֵ֣י...
THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN Joel 3:1 HITHERTO Joel has spoken no syllable of the heathen, except to pray that God by His plagues will not give Israel to be mocked by them. But in the last chapter of...
“THE VALLEY OF DECISION” Joel 2:28-32; Joel 3:1-21 Having stated the outward blessings that would follow repentance, Joel unveils the extraordinary spiritual blessings that were in store. The outpour...
Finally the prophet moved on to a yet higher level, and dealt wholly with things to come. The great word introducing the section is "afterward." Some of the things foretold have now been fulfilled, so...
_Greeks: the Ionians carried on such a traffic, Ezechiel xxvii. 13. Tyre and the Philistines were ready to sell, Ezechiel xxvi. 2., and xxv. 15._...
It is observable through the whole of the sacred word, that the day of vengeance, and the year of the Lord's redeemed are always joined. When Jesus comes to save, he comes also to destroy. And when he...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel." Like Hosea, Joel is one of the earliest prophets (being earlier even than Jonah), but differs ess...
It follows, _And the children of Judah, and the children of Jerusalem, have ye sold to the children of the Grecians _(14). There is here another complaint subjoined, — that the Syrians and Sidonians h...
In Joel 3 the Spirit develops, with more detail, the circumstances of the last days-those days, in which God would bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem. This epoch precedes the time of peace...
THE CHILDREN ALSO OF JUDAH AND THE CHILDREN OF JERUSALEM,.... Not children in age literally, as Kimchi, kidnapped or bought by the Tyrians; but the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem: HAVE YE SOLD UN...
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. Ver. 6. _The children also of Judah, and the children of Jeru...
_The children also of Judah, &c., have ye sold unto the Grecians _ The descendants of Javan, Genesis 10:2; Genesis 10:5. They trafficked with Tyre, and traded in slaves, Ezekiel 27:13. It was customar...
GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON HIS ENEMIES...
the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, the Philistines being those who reduced the captives to slavery, the Phoenicians those who acted as agents in s...
THE GRECIANS: _ Heb._ the sons of the Grecians...
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, a...
THE CHILDREN ALSO OF JUDAH, the Jews who dwelt in the land, and the children of Jerusalem, the citizens of Jerusalem; or perhaps the young ones, boys and girls, as JOEL 3:3, both of city and country....
Joel 3:6 people H1121 Judah H3063 people H1121 Jerusalem H3389 sold H4376 (H8804) Greeks H3125 H1121 far...
THE CONSEQUENCE OF YHWH'S BLESSING OF HIS PEOPLE MUST BE THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS WHO HAVE OPPRESSED HIS PEOPLE (JOEL 3:1). The judgment of the locusts has carried Joel's thoughts forward to the fi...
CONTENTS: Restoration of Israel, and judgment of all nations in regard to Israel. Full kingdom blessings under Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Joel. CONCLUSION: Though God has suffered the enemies of His pe...
Joel 3:1. _Behold, in those days,_ in the days of the Messiah, as stated from the twenty eighth verse of the preseding chapter. Of course all references in our elder critics, to Cambyses, and to Judas...
JOEL 3:1 Judgment: The Lord’s Judgment against the Nations and His Dwelling with His People. The Lord provides reasons for judgment (vv. Joel 3:1), a description of the climactic judgment on the day o...
JOEL—NOTE ON JOEL 3:6 SOLD... TO THE GREEKS. Both the Philistines and the Phoenicians are accused of selling slaves to the Edomites. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES. Joel 3:4. With me] i.e. my people, with whom God identifies himself. RECOMPENSE] “If ye injure me” (my people) “in revenge for fancied wrongs” (Ezekiel 25:15), “I will requite you in...
EXPOSITION JOEL 3:1 These verses describe the deliverance of God's people and the destruction of his enemies because of their injurious, insulting, and ignominious treatment of his people. JOEL 3:1...
Now in those days (Joel 3:1), He goes into chapter 3. and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem (Joel 3:1), That is, in the days--we're getting close now, for...
Deuteronomy 28:32; Deuteronomy 28:68; Ezekiel 27:13; Joel 3:3; Joel 3:8
Remove them — That there might be no hope of their return to their country....
How could Joel mention the Greeks if his book was written before the 4th century B.C.? PROBLEM: According to many scholars, Joel was written in the 9th century B.C. However, the Greek reference in Jo...