Children Sold to the Grecians Joel 3:6

As Joel continued to share how the LORD would “recompense” those who opposed the nation of Judah, he referred to how they “have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things”. In chapter three and verse six of his prophesy, Joel continued to tell how these enemies had “sold” the “children of Judah and Jerusalem unto the Grecians” where we read:

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold unto the Grecians,

that you might remove them far from their border.

The verse begins, “The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold unto the Grecians,...” Joel began with the words, “The children” which refers to “the sons, grandsons and male children” “also of Judah” which means “praised” and is “the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah” “and the children” or “the sons, grandsons and male children” “of Jerusalem” which means “teaching of peace” and is “the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split” “have you sold” or “sold or merchandised and surrendered” “unto the Grecians” which refers to “the Ionians, Jevanites or descendants of Javan”. These enemies of Judah and Jerusalem actually took their children and “sold” them to the “Grecian” nation.

The verse continues, “...that you might remove them far from their border.” Joel added, “that you might remove them far” or “become distant, removed, extended, loosed and put far away” “from their border” which means “territory, region, landmark, quarter and space”. The reason for removing the children was for them to be “separated” from their territory and region.

When we consider these words of Joel, we understand why the LORD desired to “recompense” this opposing nation. Can we even imagine how we would feel if we were to see our children “sold” to another “nation” ? The reason most invading nations would separate children from their parents was to destroy the family unit which would eventually ruin a culture. Nonetheless, God Almighty, the LORD, was watching, and He would take revenge upon those who would divide His people. Those who reject God's Son Jesus have in a sense “separated” “children” from their God, and woe be to those who carry them away to foreign lands and false ideologies.

Next time Joel shares how the LORD will “raise” these “children out of the place” where these people “sold them”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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