Joel 3:5
New International Version
For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.

New Living Translation
You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and have carried them off to your pagan temples.

English Standard Version
For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.

Berean Standard Bible
For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

King James Bible
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

New King James Version
Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.

New American Standard Bible
Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

NASB 1995
“Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

NASB 1977
“Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

Legacy Standard Bible
Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My desirable treasures to your temples,

Amplified Bible
Because you have taken My silver and My gold and have carried My precious treasures to your temples and palaces,

Christian Standard Bible
For you took my silver and gold and carried my finest treasures to your temples.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For you took My silver and gold and carried My finest treasures to your temples.

American Standard Version
Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,

Contemporary English Version
You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples.

English Revised Version
Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You took my silver and my gold. You brought my finest treasures to your temples.

Good News Translation
You have taken my silver and gold and carried my rich treasures into your temples.

International Standard Version
since you took my silver and gold, carried my precious treasures into your temples,

Majority Standard Bible
For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

NET Bible
For you took my silver and my gold and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces.

New Heart English Bible
Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,

Webster's Bible Translation
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.

World English Bible
Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
In that My silver and My gold you took, "" And My desirable things that are good, "" You have brought into your temples.

Young's Literal Translation
In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

Smith's Literal Translation
For ye took my silver and my gold, and my delights of good things ye brought to your temples.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For you have taken away my silver and my gold: and my desirable and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For you have carried away my silver and gold. And my desirable and most beautiful, you have taken into your shrines.

New American Bible
You took my silver and my gold and brought my priceless treasures into your temples!

New Revised Standard Version
For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my beautiful vessels;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because you have taken my money and my gold, and my beautiful vessels you brought to your temples
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Forasmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and ye have brought my choice ornaments into your temples;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The LORD Judges the Nations
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. 5For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. 6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.…

Cross References
Acts 2:21
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Romans 10:13
for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Isaiah 2:12
For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—

Zephaniah 1:14-18
The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. ...

Obadiah 1:15
For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Matthew 24:29-31
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ / At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Revelation 6:12-17
And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, / and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. / The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. ...

Isaiah 13:6-9
Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ...

Zechariah 14:1-3
Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. / For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. / Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Amos 5:18-20
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. / It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. / Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Jeremiah 46:10
For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.


Treasury of Scripture

Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

ye.

2 Kings 12:18
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 16:8
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 18:15,16
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house…

into.

1 Samuel 5:2-5
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon…

pleasant.

Daniel 11:38
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

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Joel 3
1. God's judgments against the enemies of his people.
9. God will be known in his judgment.
18. His blessing upon the church.














For you took
This phrase indicates an action of seizing or taking possession. In the Hebrew context, the verb "took" (לָקַח, laqach) often implies an act of force or authority. Historically, this reflects the invasions and plundering by foreign nations, particularly the Babylonians, who took what belonged to God and His people. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience and the sovereignty of God over all possessions.

My silver and gold
The use of "My" emphasizes God's ownership over all wealth and resources. Silver and gold were not only valuable metals but also represented the wealth and prosperity of the nation of Israel. In a spiritual sense, these metals symbolize purity and divine wisdom. The plundering of these treasures signifies a deeper spiritual theft, where the sacred is profaned by being taken from its rightful place in service to God.

and carried off
This phrase suggests a removal or transportation, often by force. The Hebrew root (נָשָׂא, nasa) can mean to lift, bear, or carry away. It implies a deliberate act of taking something from its intended purpose. Historically, this reflects the exile and the removal of sacred items from the temple, symbolizing the loss of God's presence and favor due to the people's unfaithfulness.

My finest treasures
The term "finest treasures" refers to the most precious and sacred items dedicated to God. In the Hebrew context, these treasures (חֶמְדָּה, chemdah) are not just material wealth but also items of spiritual significance. This highlights the desecration of what is holy and the misappropriation of what is meant for God's glory. It serves as a call to recognize the value of spiritual treasures and the importance of dedicating them to God's service.

to your temples
This phrase indicates the relocation of God's treasures to pagan temples. The contrast between "My" and "your" underscores the idolatry and spiritual adultery of the nations. Temples in ancient times were centers of worship and power, and by placing God's treasures in their temples, these nations were asserting their gods' superiority over the God of Israel. This act of sacrilege is a powerful reminder of the spiritual battle between the true God and false idols, and it calls believers to remain faithful and devoted to the one true God.

(5) My silver.--Mine, as being the property of my people, not as being dedicated to the service of the Temple. In the time of Jehoram, the Philistines and others had "carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house" (2Chronicles 21:17).

Verses 5, 6. - The prophet proceeds to enumerate the injuries sustained by his people at the hands of their enemies, and the evil attempted against himself.

(1) My sliver and my gold. The silver, gold, and precious or desirable things, whether taken immediately from the temple of God or plundered mediately from the palaces or wealthy mansions of his people, they transferred to their temples and suspended as trophies therein - a custom common among ancient nations.

(2) The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians. The part which the Phoenicians had in the transaction was the purchase and sale of the Jewish captives who had fallen into the hands of the Philistine conquerors. The mention of Grecians, or sons of Javan, brings for the first time the Hellenic and Hebrew races into contact - a contact sad and sorrowful for the latter. That ye might remove them far from their border. This was at once the climax of their cruelty and the aggravation of their crime. The object which their enemies had in view in selling the Hebrew captives to the sons of Javan, or Ionian Greeks of Asia Minor, was by that remote exile to prevent the possibility of their return to their own land. The historic reference is thought by some to be the event narrated in 2 Chronicles 21:16, 17, where it is written, "The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines... And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away [margin, 'carried captive'] all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you took
לְקַחְתֶּ֑ם (lə·qaḥ·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

My silver
כַּסְפִּ֥י (kas·pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and gold
וּזְהָבִ֖י (ū·zə·hā·ḇî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and carried off
הֲבֵאתֶ֖ם (hă·ḇê·ṯem)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

My finest
הַטֹּבִ֔ים (haṭ·ṭō·ḇîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

treasures
וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙ (ū·ma·ḥă·mad·day)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4261: Delightful, a delight, object of affection, desire

to your temples.
לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם׃ (lə·hê·ḵə·lê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple


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