Joel 3:5

5 because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and ye have brought my choice ornaments into your temples;

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 and cast lots over my people, and have given boys to harlots, and sold girls for wine, and have drunk.

4 And what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles? do ye render me a recompense? or do ye bear malice against me? quickly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own heads:

5 because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and ye have brought my choice ornaments into your temples;

6 and ye have sold the children of Juda and the children of Jerusalem to the children of the Greeks, that ye might expel them from their coasts.

7 Therefore, behold, I raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and I will return your recompense on your own heads.