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Joel 3:13
13Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. Come and trample the grapes because the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is extreme.
Joel 3:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow— so great is their wickedness!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.”
Context of Joel 3:13
11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. Bring down your warriors there, Lord. 12Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations. Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. Come and trample the grapes because the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is extreme. 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining.
Read all of Joel 3Joel 3:13 word by word
שִׁלְח֣וּ מַגָּ֔ל כִּ֥י בָשַׁ֖ל קָצִ֑יר בֹּ֤אֽוּ רְדוּ֙ כִּֽי־מָ֣לְאָה גַּ֔ת הֵשִׁ֙יקוּ֙ הַיְקָבִ֔ים כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה רָעָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Putשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: reachH7971
- ye in the sickleמַגָּלmaggâl · sickleH4038
- for the harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
- is ripeבָּשַׁלbâshal · to boilH1310
- comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- get you downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- for the pressגַּתgath · wine pressH1660
- is fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- the fatsיֶ֫קֶבyeqeb · wineH3342
- overflowשׁוּקshûq · to overflowH7783
- for their wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
- greatרַבrab · manyH7227
Cross-references for Joel 3:13
- Deuteronomy 16:9“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
- Mark 4:29As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
- Revelation 14:15Another 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.”
- Jeremiah 51:33For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.
- Hosea 6:11A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah. When I restore the fortunes of my people,
- Matthew 13:39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
- Isaiah 63:3I trampled the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with me. I trampled them in my anger and ground them underfoot in my fury; their blood spattered my garments, and all my clothes were stained.
- Lamentations 1:15The Lord has rejected all the mighty men within me. He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah like grapes in a winepress.
- Revelation 14:17Then another angel who also had a sharp sickle came out of the temple in heaven.
- Genesis 13:13(Now the men of Sodom were evil, sinning immensely against the Lord.)
- Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
- Genesis 18:20Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.
Commentaries on Joel 3:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Put ye in the sickle - The destruction of his enemies is represented here under the metaphor of reaping down the harvest; and of gathering the grapes, and treading them in the wine-presses.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe - So Jesus saith, “let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them;” and this He explains, “The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the Angels” Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:39. He then who saith, “put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe,” is the Son of Man, who, before He…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God's people. There is no escaping God's judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, shall be cut off from all comfort and joy. Most of the prophets foretell the same final victory of the church of God over all that oppose it. To the wicked it will be a terrible day, but to the righteous it will be a joyful day. What cause have those who possess an interest in Christ, to glory in their Strength…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13God would defeat the nations completely. He would judge them like a sickle that cuts down grain at harvest time. He would also judge them like workers who crush grapes in a winepress until nothing remains (see Isaiah 63:2–3; Revelation 14:14–20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Direction to the ministers of vengeance to execute God's wrath, as the enemy's wickedness is come to its full maturity. God does not cut off the wicked at once, but waits till their guilt is at its full (so as to the Amorites' iniquity, Ge 15:16), to show forth His own long-suffering, and the justice of their doom who have so long abused it (Mt 13:27-30, 38, 40; Re 14:15-19). For the image of a harvest to be threshed, compare Jr 51:33; and a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joel 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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