“You have taken
My silver,
My gold.
You have carried
My rich treasures
Into your temples.
You have sold
The people of Judah,
The people of Jerusalem,
To the Greeks.
You have removed them far
From their own border.”
Next Yahweh, via Joel, accused the Mediterranean coastal cities of stealing the silver and gold from the treasury of the Yahweh Temple in Jerusalem. They had sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem as slaves to the Greeks. Thus, they were removed far from their own border. This also assumes the Babylonian captivity.