Joel 3:5

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

"Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:" - Joel 3:5
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What does Joel 3:5 mean?

The book of Joel is one of the 12 minor prophets of the Old Testament, and it is believed to have been written by the prophet Joel during the time of the Babylonian exile, which took place around 586 BC. It is a book that focuses on the judgment of God and the promise of…

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Restoration of the Treasures of God

One of the most profound aspects of our relationship with God is the recognition that everything we possess ultimately belongs to Him. In the book of Joel, chapter 3, verse 5, we find a stark reminder of this reality: "Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have…

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A Prayer of Restoration and Redemption

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a humble heart, seeking Your grace and mercy as I contemplate the weight of the words found in the book of Joel, chapter 3, verse 5: "Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant…

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Joel 3:5 - "Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:"
Joel 3 verse 15
1 Chronicles 5:12 - "Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan."
Joel 3:3 - "And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink."
Joel 3:20 - "But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation."
Joel 3:15 - "The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining."
Joel 3:21 - "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion."
Joel 3:14 - "Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision."
1 Chronicles 5:4 - "The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,"
Joel 1:3 - "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."
Joel 3:1 - "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,"
Joel 3:10 - "Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong."
1 Chronicles 5:8 - "And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:"
Joel 3:12 - "Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."
Joel 3:13 - "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."
1 Chronicles 7:3 - "And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men."
Joel 1:5 - "Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth."
"Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan." - 1 Chronicles 5:12
Joel 2:5 - "Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array."
Joel 3:6 - "The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border."
Joel 3:19 - "Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land."
"But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation." - Joel 3:20
Joel 3:7 - "Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:"
"The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining." - Joel 3:15
Joel 3:8 - "And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it."
"For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion." - Joel 3:21
Joel 3:9 - "¶ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:"
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim." - Joel 3:18
Joel 3:11 - "Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD."