Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Grecians—literally, "Javanites," that is, the Ionians, a Greek colony on the coast of Asia Minor who were the first Greeks known to the Jews. The Greeks themselves, however, in their original descent came from Javan (Genesis 10:2, Genesis 10:4). Probably the germ of Greek civilization in part came through the Jewish slaves imported into Greece from Phœnicia by traffickers. Ezekiel 27:13 mentions Javan and Tyre as trading in the persons of men.
far from their border—far from Judea; so that the captive Jews were cut off from all hope of return.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Joel 3:6:
Jeremiah 23:7-8
Amos 1:6
Nahum 3:4
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