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I will return your recompense upon your heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your retaliation upon your own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them, and return your retribution on your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joel/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />behold, I am going to rouse them from the place where you have sold them and return your recompense on your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them [and return them to their land], and I shall return your action [of retaliation] on your own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; I will bring retribution on your heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; I will bring retribution on your heads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I'll make the people of Judah determined to come home, and what happened to them will happen to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am going to make them leave the place where you sold them. I will pay you back for what you have done.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Now I am going to bring them out of the places to which you have sold them. I will do to you what you have done to them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Look, I will bring them up from where you sold them, I will turn your revenge back upon you, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joel/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I am stirring them up out of the place "" To where you have sold them, "" And I have turned back your repayment on your head,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold me raising them up from the place where ye sold them there, and I turned back your recompense upon your head:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will raise them up from the place into which you have sold them, and I will turn back your retribution on your own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joel/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Look! I am rousing them from the place to which you sold them, and I will turn your deeds back upon your own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But now I will rouse them to leave the places to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own heads;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, I arouse them from the place where you sold them, and I shall return your payment on your heads<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your retribution upon your own head;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore, behold, I <i>will</i> raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and I will return your recompense on your own heads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joel/3-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=666" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">The LORD Judges the Nations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: mə·‘î·rām (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-msc:: 3mp) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">I will rouse them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: ham·mā·qō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">the places</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">to which</a> <a href="/hebrew/4376.htm" title="4376: mə·ḵar·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- To sell. A primitive root; to sell, literally, or figuratively.">you sold</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām·māh (Adv:: 3fs) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wa·hă·ši·ḇō·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">I will return</a> <a href="/hebrew/1576.htm" title="1576: ḡə·mul·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- A dealing, recompense, benefit. From gamal; treatment, i.e. An act; by implication, service or requital.">your recompense</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: bə·rō·šə·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">upon your heads.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Isaiah 43:5-6</a></span><br />Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. / I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-3.htm">Jeremiah 30:3</a></span><br />For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-25.htm">Ezekiel 39:25-28</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name. / They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them. / When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-20.htm">Zephaniah 3:20</a></span><br />At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Amos 9:14-15</a></span><br />I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. / I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-3.htm">Deuteronomy 30:3-5</a></span><br />then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. / Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. / And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-12</a></span><br />On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-14.htm">Jeremiah 29:14</a></span><br />I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-24.htm">Ezekiel 36:24</a></span><br />For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-6.htm">Zechariah 10:6-10</a></span><br />I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them. / Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD. / I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a></span><br />And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-24.htm">Luke 21:24</a></span><br />They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-16.htm">Acts 15:16-17</a></span><br />‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, / so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Romans 11:26-27</a></span><br />And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a></span><br />Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, I will raise them out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your recompense on your own head:</p><p class="hdg">I will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Isaiah 11:12</a></b></br> And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/43-5.htm">Isaiah 43:5,6</a></b></br> Fear not: for I <i>am</i> with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-12.htm">Isaiah 49:12</a></b></br> Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.</p><p class="hdg">and will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Joel 3:4</a></b></br> Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly <i>and</i> speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/1-7.htm">Judges 1:7</a></b></br> And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered <i>their meat</i> under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-33.htm">1 Samuel 15:33</a></b></br> And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Arouse</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Head</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/hosea/12-14.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Places</a> <a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Recompence</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Repayment</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Retribution</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-8.htm">Rouse</a> <a href="/joel/3-6.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/joel/2-31.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/daniel/9-7.htm">Whither</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/3-12.htm">Arouse</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Head</a> <a href="/amos/1-15.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/amos/9-9.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/amos/4-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/amos/2-11.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/romans/1-27.htm">Recompence</a> <a href="/matthew/6-4.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/matthew/18-25.htm">Repayment</a> <a href="/matthew/16-27.htm">Requite</a> <a href="/romans/11-9.htm">Retribution</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Rouse</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/john/5-4.htm">Stirring</a> <a href="/amos/1-8.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-2.htm">Whither</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-1.htm">God's judgments against the enemies of his people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-9.htm">God will be known in his judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-18.htm">His blessing upon the church.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joel/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them;</b><br>This phrase indicates God's active intervention in the affairs of His people. The term "Behold" serves as a call to attention, emphasizing the importance of the message. The context is the aftermath of the Babylonian exile, where Israelites were scattered and sold into slavery. The promise to "rouse them" suggests a divine awakening or stirring, reminiscent of God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt (<a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7-8</a>). This also foreshadows the gathering of God's people from all nations, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-12</a>. The historical context involves the practice of selling captives as slaves, a common occurrence in ancient warfare. This phrase assures that God will reverse the fortunes of His people, bringing them back from the lands of their captivity.<p><b>I will return your recompense upon your heads.</b><br>This part of the verse speaks to divine justice and retribution. The phrase "return your recompense" implies that those who have wronged God's people will face consequences equivalent to their actions. This is consistent with the biblical principle of reaping what one sows (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>). The "heads" symbolize personal accountability and direct impact, indicating that the judgment will be personal and unavoidable. Historically, this reflects the fate of nations like Babylon and Edom, who faced divine judgment for their treatment of Israel (<a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12-14</a>). Theologically, it underscores God's sovereignty and justice, ensuring that evil does not go unpunished. This also points to the ultimate judgment at the end of times, where all will be held accountable before God (<a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people who were sold into slavery by their enemies. This verse promises their deliverance and the return of justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding nations that captured and sold the Israelites. They are the recipients of God's impending judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure who promises to act on behalf of His people, ensuring justice and retribution.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_places_of_captivity.htm">The Places of Captivity</a></b><br>These are the foreign lands where the Israelites were taken as captives. God promises to bring them back from these places.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/retribution.htm">Retribution</a></b><br>The divine justice that God promises to enact upon the nations that wronged His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_is_certain.htm">God's Justice is Certain</a></b><br>God's promise to return retribution on the heads of those who wrong His people assures us that divine justice will prevail, even when human justice fails.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_people.htm">God's Faithfulness to His People</a></b><br>Just as God promised to rouse the Israelites from captivity, He remains faithful to deliver and restore His people today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The nations that sold the Israelites faced God's retribution, reminding us that sin has consequences and that we must live righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Hope in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Believers can find hope in God's promise to rescue and restore, trusting that He will act in His perfect timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Understanding God's justice should lead us to repentance and a desire to align our lives with His will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_joel_1_5's_call_to_drunkards_unique.htm">Does Joel 1:5's emphasis on drunkards mourning align with other biblical calls to repentance, or is this focus unique and contradictory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_joel_3_4-8_corroborated.htm">If Joel 3:4-8 predicts judgment on specific nations, why is there no parallel account or corroboration in other historical sources?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_paul_contradict_himself_in_romans_7_14.htm">If Paul is speaking personally in Romans 7:14, why does he seem to contradict his own moral and spiritual teachings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_joel_3_conflict_with_other_timelines.htm">Why does Joel 3 seem to conflict with timelines in other prophetic books regarding the final judgment and restoration, suggesting possible inconsistencies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them</span>. Instead of "raise," some prefer "waken," "rouse," or "stir up." The Judaeans would be roused out of the countries into which they had been sold, and restored to their own land, and the measure which had been meted to them meted in turn to their enemies. The deliverance mentioned here may be exemplified, if not realized in part, in the time of Alexander the Great and his successors, when Jewish captives in many lands were set at liberty. Thus Demetrius, in his letter to Jonathan, writes, "I also make free all those Jews who have been made captives and slaves in my kingdom." <span class="cmt_word">And will return your recompense upon your own head</span>; better rendered, <span class="accented">and will turn back your doing upon your head.</span> A righteous retaliation awaited Philistines and Phoenicians. They in turn would fall into the hands of the Judaeans, and be made prisoners of war, and, as they had done, so should it be done to them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joel/3-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנְנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will rouse them</span><br /><span class="heb">מְעִירָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(mə·‘î·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rouse oneself, awake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the places</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you sold</span><br /><span class="heb">מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḵar·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4376.htm">Strong's 4376: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them;</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will return</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·ši·ḇō·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">retribution</span><br /><span class="heb">גְמֻלְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·mul·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1576.htm">Strong's 1576: </a> </span><span class="str2">Treatment, an act, service, requital</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on your heads.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rō·šə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joel/3-7.htm">Joel 3:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joel/3-7.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 3:7 Behold I will stir them up out (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/3-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 3:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 3:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/3-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 3:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 3:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>