Joel 3:3
Joel · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“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.”Joel 3:3
What Does Joel 3:3 Mean?
Joel 3:3 is found in the book of Joel, chapter 3, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Joel 3:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Amos 2:6“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;”Deuteronomy 28:68“And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.”Nahum 3:10“Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.”Obadiah 1:11“In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.”Joel 3:6“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.”Revelation 18:13“And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.”Job 6:27“Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.”Ezekiel 27:13“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.”Amos 4:1“Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.”2 Chronicles 28:8“And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.”Ezekiel 16:33“They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.”Ezekiel 24:6“Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.”Joel 1:5“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.”Amos 8:6“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”Micah 1:7“And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.”
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