Joel 3:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Unto the Grecians. — Javan, the Hebrew name for Greece, is mentioned in Ezekiel as one of the representatives of the heathen nations who “traded (with Tyre) the persons of men and vessels in her market” (Ezekiel 27:13). The Grecian traffic in slaves was enormous.

Joel 3:6

6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians,a that ye might remove them far from their border.