Joel 3:7

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“Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.”

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BSBPD

“Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joel 3:7 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  2. 1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  3. Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
  4. Isaiah 11:12He 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.
  5. Isaiah 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
  6. Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
  7. Jeremiah 23:8Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
  8. Jeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  9. Jeremiah 30:16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
  10. Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
  11. Jeremiah 32:37I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
  12. Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
  13. Ezekiel 36:24For 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.
  14. Ezekiel 38:8After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
  15. Joel 3:4Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
  16. Zechariah 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judahand 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.
  17. Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  18. 2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
  19. James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
  20. Revelation 13:10“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
  21. Revelation 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
  22. Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

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