Joel 3:3

3 Se repartieron a mi pueblo echando suertes,cambiaron a niños por prostitutasy, para emborracharse,vendieron niñas por vino.

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 »En aquellos días, en el tiempo señalado,cuando restaure yo la suerte de Judá y de Jerusalén,

2 reuniré a todas las nacionesy las haré bajar al valle de Josafat.Allí entraré en juicio contra los pueblosen cuanto a mi propiedad, mi pueblo Israel,pues lo dispersaron entre las nacionesy se repartieron mi tierra.

3 Se repartieron a mi pueblo echando suertes,cambiaron a niños por prostitutasy, para emborracharse,vendieron niñas por vino.

4 »Ahora bien, Tiro y Sidón, y regiones todas de Filistea, ¿qué tienen en contra mía? ¿Quieren acaso vengarse de mí? Si es así, yo haré que muy pronto recaiga sobre ustedes su propia venganza,

5 pues se robaron mi oro y mi plata, y se llevaron a sus templos mis valiosos tesoros.