SIL Translator’s Notes on Joel 3:6

3:6a You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,

You (plur.) sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greek people,
-or-
You (plur.)have captured/taken⌋ the people of Judah and Jerusalem ⌊city⌋ and sold them to the Greeks ⌊as slaves⌋.

3:6b to send them far from their homeland.

so that you (plur.) might ⌊remove/take them⌋ from their own land/territory and send them to distant places.
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In this way you have forced them to leave their own place/land and live in distant ⌊places/lands⌋ .

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