Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 VersionIn 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 BibleFor 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 BibleBecause 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 1917Forasmuch 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. Jump to Previous Beautiful Carried Desirable Finest Forasmuch Gods Gold Good Goodly Houses Pleasant Precious Putting Rich Silver Temples TreasuresJump to Next Beautiful Carried Desirable Finest Forasmuch Gods Gold Good Goodly Houses Pleasant Precious Putting Rich Silver Temples TreasuresJoel 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 and carried off My finest treasures to your temples (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." Hebrew Forאֲשֶׁר־ (’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 Links Joel 3:5 NIVJoel 3:5 NLT Joel 3:5 ESV Joel 3:5 NASB Joel 3:5 KJV Joel 3:5 BibleApps.com Joel 3:5 Biblia Paralela Joel 3:5 Chinese Bible Joel 3:5 French Bible Joel 3:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Joel 3:5 Because you have taken my silver (Jl Joe.) |