Joel 3:3

3 También echaron suertes sobre mi pueblo, cambiaron un niño por una ramera, y vendieron una niña por vino para poder beber.

Joel 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 3:3

And they have cast lots for my people
Not only parted their land, but cast lots for their persons, Or played at dice for them, how many captives each soldier should have, and which should be their share and property: ninety seven thousand Jews, Josephus ^F4 says, were carried captive by the Romans, who, very probably, cast lots for them, as was usual in such cases; see ( Nahum 3:10 ) ; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they
might drink;
either they gave a boy to be prostituted to natural lusts, in lieu of a whore; and a girl to be debauched for a bottle of wine: or they gave a boy for the price of a whore, as the Targum and Kimchi interpret it; that is, they gave a boy, instead of money, to a whore, to lie with her, as the eunuch was given to Thais; and they gave a girl to the wine merchant for as much wine as they could drink at one sitting. These phrases both express their uncleanness and intemperance, and also the low price and value they set upon their captives; and is applicable enough to the Papists, notorious for the same abominable lusts.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 3.

Joel 3:3 In-Context

1 Porque he aquí que en aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, cuando yo restaure el bienestar de Judá y Jerusalén,

2 reuniré a todas las naciones, y las haré bajar al valle de Josafat . Y allí entraré en juicio con ellas a favor de mi pueblo y mi heredad, Israel, a quien ellas esparcieron entre las naciones, y repartieron mi tierra.

3 También echaron suertes sobre mi pueblo, cambiaron un niño por una ramera, y vendieron una niña por vino para poder beber.

4 Además, ¿qué tenéis que ver conmigo, Tiro, Sidón y todas las regiones de Filistea? ¿Os queréis vengar de mí? Si de esta manera os vengáis de mí, bien pronto haré volver vuestra venganza sobre vuestra cabeza.

5 Por cuanto habéis tomado mi plata y mi oro, y os habéis llevado mis valiosos tesoros a vuestros templos,