SIL Translator’s Notes on Joel 3:8

3:8a I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah,

I will cause your (plur.) sons and daughters to be sold to the people of Judah,
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I will allow other people ⌊to take/capture⌋ your (plur.) sons and your daughters. They will sell them ⌊as slaves⌋ to the people of Judah.

3:8b and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.”

who will sell them to the Sabeans, a people who live far away.”
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The people of Judah will then sell them to the people of Saba, who live in a distant land.”

3:8c Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

Yahweh has spoken this.
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This is the word/message from Yahweh.

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