3:3 and they cast lots for my people.
They traded 1 a boy for a prostitute;
they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. 2
8:6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, 3
a pair of sandals 4 for the needy!
We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!” 5
1 tn Heb “gave.”
2 sn Heb “and they drank.” Joel vividly refers to a situation where innocent human life has little value; its only worth is its use in somehow satisfying selfish appetites of wicked people who have control over others (cf. Amos 2:6 and 8:6).
3 tn Heb “to buy the poor for silver.”
sn The expression trade silver for the poor refers to the slave trade.
4 tn See the note on the word “sandals” in 2:6.
5 tn Heb “The chaff of the grain we will sell.”