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:

Cross-references

Joel 3:4 Historical context

Joel 3:4 provides the immediate context: judgment on the nations that sold Israel, setting up the restoration in verse 7.

Esther 7:10 Parallel

Esther 7:10 shows Haman hanged on his own gallows — a vivid example of God returning recompense on the perpetrator's head, as in Joel 3:7.

Revelation 19:2 praises God avenging his servants' blood — the same divine retribution as Joel 3:7's recompense.

Revelation 16:6 depicts God giving blood to drink to blood-shedders — a direct example of recompense returning as in Joel 3:7.

Revelation 13:10 states the lex talionis principle: what you deal out returns to you — matching Joel 3:7's recompense on the head.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 affirms God repaying trouble to those who trouble — echoing Joel 3:7's promise that recompense returns on oppressors.

Matthew 7:2 Parallel

In Matthew 7:2, Jesus teaches measure-for-measure judgment — the same reciprocal recompense as Joel 3:7's returning on their own head.

Zechariah 10:6-10 vividly portrays God gathering and restoring His people from exile, strongly reinforcing Joel's promise.

Ezekiel 36:24 directly parallels Joel's promise with God gathering His people from all countries back to their own land.

Jeremiah 30:16 says devourers will be devoured — matches 'return your deeds on your heads' retribution.

Jeremiah 30:10 promises salvation from captivity and return — aligns with God stirring them from sale.

Jeremiah 23:8 celebrates return from all countries where driven — identical restoration promise to stirring them up.

Isaiah 49:12 foretells exiles coming from afar — parallel to being stirred from their sold locations.

Isaiah 43:6 Parallel

Isaiah 43:6 continues the gathering call from north and south — same restoration theme as stirring the sold.

Isaiah 43:5 Parallel

Isaiah 43:5 promises gathering from east and west — matching the restoration from places of sale.

Isaiah 11:12 promises gathering the dispersed of Judah — directly parallels God stirring them from where they were sold.

1 Samuel 15:33 pronounces retributive justice on Agag, illustrating the same divine principle of punishment fitting the crime as in Joel.

Obadiah 1:15 declares 'your deeds will return upon your own head' — the exact same principle as Joel 3:7's recompense.

Isaiah 66:6 Parallel

Isaiah 66:6 declares the LORD repaying his enemies — directly parallel to Joel 3:7's recompense on the wicked.

Jeremiah 31:8 uses similar language of gathering from the north and ends of the earth, reinforcing God's promise to restore His exiled people.

Jeremiah 32:37 echoes the same restoration theme: God gathering His people from all countries where He scattered them.

Ezekiel 34:12 depicts God as a shepherd seeking His scattered flock, a parallel image to Joel's stirring them up from exile.

Ezekiel 34:13 continues the shepherd imagery: God brings His people out from the nations, mirroring Joel's restoration promise.

James 2:13 Parallel

James 2:13 warns of judgment without mercy for the unmerciful — a reciprocal principle parallel to Joel 3:7's recompense.