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They threw lots for my people. They sold boys to buy a prostitute, and they sold girls to buy wine to drink.

“Tyre! Sidon! All of you areas of Philistia! You are not important to me![a] Are you punishing me for something I did? You might think that you are punishing me, but I will soon punish you. You took my silver and gold. You took my precious treasures and put them in your temples.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:4 You are not important to me Literally, “What are you to me?”
  2. Joel 3:5 temples Here, the temples were used to worship idols.

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