Joel 3:3

2 Chronicles 28:8; 2 Chronicles 28:9; Amos 2:6; Nahum 3:10; Obadiah 1:11; Revelation 18:13

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they have cast lots - They treated God’s people as of no account, and delighted in showing their contempt toward them. They chose no one abov...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they have cast lots for my people; and have (c) given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. (c) That which the e...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh will Recompense with Punishment the Nations that have Oppressed His People. In that Day, when Yahweh will restore the fortunes of His people...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they have, &c. This describes past sufferings. Compare Obadiah 1:16 ; Nahum 3:11 . wine . Hebrew. yayin. App-27.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

There follows now another indignity still greater; for they cast lot on God’s people, — On my people they have cast lot, and prostituted a bo...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. Have given a boy for a ha...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they have cast lots for my people— That is, "They have divided my captive people by lot among themselves, according to the laws of war then in...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. And they have cas...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Judgment of the Heathen and the Glory of Israel A general judgment of all nations, for their mistreatment of Israel, is announced in the valle...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cast lots ... — The nations who oppressed and carried away the Jews treated them as chattels, cast lots for the possession of them as slaves, and pu...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE JUDGMENT OF THE HEATHEN Joel 3:1-21 HITHERTO Joel has spoken no syllable of the heathen, except to pray that God by His plagues will not gi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Valley of Decision” Joel 2:28-32 ; Joel 3:1-21 Having stated the outward blessings that would follow repentance, Joel unveils the extraor...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Finally the prophet moved on to a yet higher level, and dealt wholly with things to come. The great word introducing the section is "afterward." Some...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Though it may, in a subordinate and secondary sense, be said, that these blessings to the Church were in a measure given on the occasional deliveranc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 captiv...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. Ver. 3. And they have...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They have cast lots for my people It was customary with conquerors, in those days, to divide the captives, taken in war, among themselves by lot, a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. B. C. 720....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It was customary with conquerors to divide the captives by lot, and so did these enemies of the Jews, Ob 11 ; and so did the Chaldeans on the captiv...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Consequence Of YHWH's Blessing Of His People Must Be The Judgment Of The Nations Who Have Oppressed His People ( Joel 3:1-6 ). The judgment of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] For ] Explanatory of judgment predicted (ch. Joel 2:31 ). Those days ] Viz. the outpouring of the Spirit, further described by th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 3:1 . Behold, in those days, in the days of the Messiah, as stated from the twenty eighth verse of the preseding chapter. Of course all refer...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Joel 3:1-29 These verses describe the deliverance of God's people and the destruction of his enemies because of their injurious,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Judgment upon his Enemies
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they have cast lots for My people, after they had taken them captive, and have given a boy for an harlot, namely, as the price for which they s...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cast lots — It was customary with conquerors to divide the captives by lot, and so did these enemies of the Jews.

³ And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Related Commentaries of Joel 3:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joel 3:3