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Joel 3:13

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

KJV

Mittite falces, quoniam maturavit messis ; venite, et descendite, quia plenum est torcular, exuberant torcularia : quia multiplicata est malitia eorum.

Vulgate

ἐξαποστείλατε δρέπανα, ὅτι παρέστηκεν τρυγητός· εἰσπορεύεσθε, πατεῖτε, διότι πλήρης ἡ ληνός· ὑπερεκχεῖτε τὰ ὑπολήνια, ὅτι πεπλήθυνται τὰ κακὰ αὐτῶν.

LXX

Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread ye; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

ASV

Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down, for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is multiplied.

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Intertextual echoes

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  • Rev 14:15 · allusion
    "And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe."
    Joel: put in the sickle for the harvest is ripe — the grain harvest

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 16:9 — Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
  • Gen 18:20 — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
  • Hos 6:11 — Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
  • Hos 6:11 — Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
  • Isa 17:5 — And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
  • Isa 63:3 — I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and
  • Jer 51:33 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
  • Jer 51:33 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
  • Joel 2:24 — And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
  • Lam 1:15 — The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a win
  • Mark 4:29 — But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
  • Mark 4:29 — But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
  • Matt 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
  • Matt 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
  • Rev 14:15 — And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is
  • Rev 14:15 — And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is
  • Rev 14:18 — And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vin