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
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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