Joe 3:3 | NETfull | STEP | and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

Joel 3:3

3 and they cast lots for my people.
They traded ^{▼▼ Heb “gave.”} a boy for a prostitute;
they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. ^{▼▼ Heb “and they drank.” Joel vividly refers to a situation where innocent human life has little value; its only worth is its use in somehow satisfying selfish appetites of wicked people who have control over others (cf. Amos 2:6 and 8:6).}