Joel 3:6
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And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem, you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.

have ye.

Joel 3:3,8 And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink. . . .

Deuteronomy 28:32,68 May thy sons and thy daughters be given to another people, thy eyes looking on, and languishing at the sight of them all the day, and may there be no strength in thy hand. . . .

Ezekiel 27:13 Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy merchants, they brought to thy people slaves and vessels of brass.

Grecians.

Context
The LORD Judges the Nations
5For you have taken away my silver, and my gold: and my desirable, and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples. 6And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem, you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.7Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 27:13
Greece, Thubal, and Mosoch, they were thy merchants, they brought to thy people slaves and vessels of brass.

Zechariah 9:13
Because I have bent Juda for me as a bow, I have filled Ephraim: and I will raise up thy sons, O Sion, above thy sons, O Greece, and I will make thee as the sword of the mighty.

Lexicon
You sold
מְכַרְתֶּ֖ם (mə·ḵar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4376: To sell

the people
וּבְנֵ֤י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Judah
יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

and Jerusalem
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

to the Greeks,
וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

to
לְמַ֥עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

send them far
הַרְחִיקָ֖ם (har·ḥî·qām)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7368: To be or become far or distant

from
מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

their homeland.
גְּבוּלָֽם׃ (gə·ḇū·lām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed


Additional Translations
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold to the Grecians, that you might remove them far from their border.

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

and ye have sold the children of Juda and the children of Jerusalem to the children of the Greeks, that ye might expel them from their coasts.

and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.

the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border:

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

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.

And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.
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