Joel 3:5

5 Visto como levastes a minha prata e o meu ouro, e os meus ricos tesouros metestes nos vossos templos;

Joel 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 3:5

Because ye have taken my silver and my gold
Which is all the Lord's, ( Haggai 2:8 ) ; or which he had bestowed upon his people, and they had taken from them: and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things;
either the rich furniture of the houses of his people, which they carried into their own houses, or "palaces" ^F5, as it may be rendered; having either taken them away themselves, or bought them of others that had taken them: or else the rich vessels of the temple; as these were carried away by the Chaldeans, and put into their idol temples, ( Daniel 1:2 ) ; so afterward they were taken by the Romans, and put into the temples of their gods: whether any of these came into the hands of the Tyrians by any means, and were put into their idol temples, as the temple of Hercules, is not certain; however, it is notorious that the Papists, the Tyrians are an emblem of, not only build stately temples, and dedicate them to angels and saints, but most profusely adorn them with gold and silver, and all goodly and desirable things; which is putting them to an idolatrous use they were not designed for.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (Mkylkyhl) "in palatia vestra", Montanus, Drusius, Burkius.

Joel 3:5 In-Context

3 e lançaram sortes sobre o meu povo; deram um menino por uma meretriz, e venderam uma menina por vinho, para beberem.

4 E também que tendes vós comigo, Tiro e Sidom, e todas as regiões da Filístia? Acaso quereis vingar-vos de mim? Se assim vos quereis vingar, bem depressa retribuirei o vosso feito sobre a vossa cabeça.

5 Visto como levastes a minha prata e o meu ouro, e os meus ricos tesouros metestes nos vossos templos;

6 também vendestes os filhos de Judá e os filhos de Jerusalém aos filhos dos gregos, para os apartar para longe dos seus termos;

7 eis que eu os suscitarei do lugar para onde os vendestes, e retribuirei o vosso feito sobre a vossa cabeça;