¹⁷ Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And another angel came out from the altar, ^(A)the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, ^(B)for its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹ So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great ^(C)winepress of the wrath of God. ²⁰ And ^(D)the winepress was trodden ^(E)outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as ^(F)a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.^[a]

^15 (A)From his mouth comes a sharp sword ^(B)with which to strike down the nations, and ^(C)he will rule^[a] them with a rod of iron. ^(D)He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.