Yoel 3:4

3:4 Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? ¹ 

Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? ² 

I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! ³ 

Yoel 3:8

3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters to ⁴  the people of Judah. ⁵ 

They will sell them to the Sabeans, ⁶  a nation far away.

Indeed, the Lord has spoken!

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “What [are] you [doing] to me, O Tyre and Sidon?”

[3:4]  ² tn Or “districts.”

[3:4]  ³ tn Heb “quickly, speedily, I will return your recompense on your head.” This is an idiom for retributive justice and an equitable reversal of situation.

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “into the hand of.”

[3:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sons of Judah.”

[3:8]  ⁶ sn The Sabeans were Arabian merchants who were influential along the ancient caravan routes that traveled through Arabia. See also Job 1:15; Isa 43:3; 45:14; Ps 72:10.