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.
Cross-reference
Joel 3:6
Contrast
Joel 3:6 records the nations selling Judah to Greeks—here God reverses it, selling their own children to Sabeans as retribution.
Judges 2:14
Parallel
Judges 2:14 explicitly says God sold Israel into enemy hands, directly echoing Joel's language of selling as judgment.
Judges 4:2
Parallel
Judges 4:2 also uses 'sold them'—God sold Israel to Jabin, showing a recurring pattern of judgment by sale.
Isaiah 14:2
Parallel
Isaiah 14:2 describes Israel possessing former captors as servants, mirroring Joel's reversal where enemies are sold to Judah.
Obadiah 1:15
Parallel
Obadiah 1:15 states the retribution principle 'as you have done, it shall be done to you'—directly enacted here as God sells those who sold Judah.
Job 1:15
Historical context
Job 1:15 mentions the Sabeans as raiders, the same distant nation to which Joel says captives will be sold.