Joel 3:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joel 3:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Joel 3:7 is a verse from the book of Joel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Joel 3:7 — KJV
“Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:”
— Joel 3:7 (KJV)
Joel 3:7 in Context — About the Book of Joel
Joel turns a devastating locust plague into a call for national fasting — then pivots to one of Scripture's greatest promises: I will restore the years the locusts have eaten, and afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Peter quoted it at Pentecost as fulfilled.
Cross-References for Joel 3:7
“And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?”
Shares key themes with Joel 3:7: place, return, own
“Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;”
Shares key themes with Joel 3:7: return, recompence, own
“And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.”
Shares key themes with Joel 3:7: behold, place, whither
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. sleep: Heb. lie down”
Shares key themes with Joel 3:7: behold, whither, own
“And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.”
Shares key themes with Joel 3:7: behold, place, own
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