Joel 3:7

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Summary

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

And will

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And will

for your own judgement will be dealt--and your own measure meted--to yourselves.

A plain token of God's righteous judgement, I say, since it is a righteous thing for Him to requite with affliction those who are now afflicting you;

For he who shows no mercy will have judgement given against him without mercy; but mercy triumphs over judgement.

If any one is eager to lead others into captivity, he must himself go into captivity. If any one is bent on killing with the sword, he must himself be killed by the sword. Here is an opportunity for endurance, and for the exercise of faith, on the part of God's people.

For they poured out the blood of Thy people and of the Prophets, and in return Thou hast given them blood to drink. And this they deserved."

True and just are His judgments, because He has judged the great Harlot who was corrupting the whole earth with her fornication, and He has taken vengeance for the blood of His bondservants which her hands have shed."