John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head." — Joel 3:4 (ASV)
Yea, and what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all
the coasts of Palestine ?
&c.] The Tyrians, Zidonians, and Philistines, were near neighbours of the Jews, and implacable enemies to them; and are here put for the enemies of the true church of Christ, the Papists and Turks, and in whose possession those places now are:
these are addressed by the Lord, inquiring or demanding the reason of their ill usage of him and his people: "what have you to do with me?" to be called by my name, or accounted my people? I know you not, nor will I have any fellowship with you: or what have you to do with my people, to disturb and distress them? what wrong have I or they done you, that you thus use them?
will you render me a recompence ?
for turning you out of your land, and putting my people into it? do you think to retaliate this?
and if you recompense me ;
by doing an injury to my people: swiftly [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own
head ;
bring swift and sudden destruction upon you.