Reaping the Grapes of Wrath

17 Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar, (A)who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, (B)“Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” 19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into (C)the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And (D)the winepress was trampled (E)outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, (F)up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred [a]furlongs.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:20 Lit. stadia, about 184 miles in all

17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.(A) 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar(B) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle(C) 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.(D) 20 They were trampled in the winepress(E) outside the city,(F) and blood(G) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers