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Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

14 Then I looked, and behold, a (A)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one (B)like [a]a son of man, having a golden (C)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15 And another angel (D)came out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sits on the cloud, “[b](E)Put in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the (F)harvest of the earth [c]is ripe.” 16 Then He who sits on the cloud [d]swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel (G)came out of the sanctuary which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel, (H)the one who has authority over fire, came out from (I)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “[e](J)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters [f]from the vine of the earth, (K)because her grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel [g]swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into (L)the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And (M)the wine press was trodden (N)outside the city, and (O)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, [h]for a distance of [i]1,600 stadia.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:14 Or the Son of Man
  2. Revelation 14:15 Lit Send forth
  3. Revelation 14:15 Lit has become dry
  4. Revelation 14:16 Lit cast
  5. Revelation 14:18 Lit Send forth
  6. Revelation 14:18 Lit of
  7. Revelation 14:19 Lit cast
  8. Revelation 14:20 Lit from
  9. Revelation 14:20 Approx. 184 mi. or 296 km, a stadion was approx. 607 ft. or 185 m

Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

14 Then I looked, and there was a white cloud, and one like the Son of Man[a](A) was seated on the cloud, with a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.”(B) 16 So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

17 Then another angel who also had a sharp sickle came out of the temple in heaven. 18 Yet another angel, who had authority over fire, came from the altar, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vineyard of the earth, because its grapes have ripened.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle at the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.(C) 20 Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 180 miles.[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 14:14 Or like a son of man
  2. 14:20 Lit 1,600 stadia

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,(A) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[a](B) with a crown(C) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple(D) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(E) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(F) of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.(G) 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar(H) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle(I) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.(J) 20 They were trampled in the winepress(K) outside the city,(L) and blood(M) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:14 See Daniel 7:13.
  2. Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers