Joe 3:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. what have ye to do with me-- Ye have no connection with Me (that is, with My people: God identifying Himself with Israel); I (that is, My people) have given you no cause of quarrel, why then do ye trouble Me (that is, My people)? (Compare the same phrase, ; ; ; ). Tyre ... Zidon ... Palestine-- ( , ). if ye recompense me-- If ye injure Me (My people), in revenge for fancied wrongs ( ), I will requite you in your own coin swiftly and speedily.

‏ Joel 3:4

4. what have ye to do with me--Ye have no connection with Me (that is, with My people: God identifying Himself with Israel); I (that is, My people) have given you no cause of quarrel, why then do ye trouble Me (that is, My people)? (Compare the same phrase, Jos 22:24; Jud 11:12; 2Sa 16:10; Mt 8:29).

Tyre ... Zidon ... Palestine--(Am 1:6, 9).

if ye recompense me--If ye injure Me (My people), in revenge for fancied wrongs (Eze 25:15-17), I will requite you in your own coin swiftly and speedily.