Charles Ellicott Commentary Joel 3:6

"and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;" — Joel 3:6 (ASV)

To the Grecians.— Javan, the Hebrew name for Greece, is mentioned in Ezekiel as one of the representatives of the heathen nations who traded (with Tyre) the persons of men and vessels in her market (Ezekiel 27:13). The Grecian traffic in slaves was enormous.