Joel 3:5

"“Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head."

Key Reflection

In Joel 3:5, God challenges Tyre, Sidon, and the Philistines to account for their actions toward Judah. He asks if they will repay His people; in doing so, He warns that any retribution would come back on them with equal force, emphasizing divine justice and the cycle of consequences.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Ye have taken My silver and My gold -Not the silver and gold of the temple, (as some have thought.) At least, up to the prophet’s time, they had not done this. For the inroad of the Philistines in the reign of Jehoram was, apparently, a mere marauding expedition, in which they killed and plundered, but are not said to have besieged or taken any city, much less Jerusalem. God calls “the silver and gold” which He, through His Providence, had bestowed on Judah, “My” gold and silver; as He said by HoseaHosea 2:8. “She knew not that I multiplied her silver and gold, whereof she made Baal;” and by Haggai, “The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith the Lord of Hosts”Haggai 2:8.

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