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Joel 3:13
13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people.”
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 nations everywhere. Gather together in the valley.” And now, O Lord, call out your warriors! 12“Let the nations be called to arms. Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I, the Lord, will sit to pronounce judgment on them all. Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people.” 14Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision. There the day of the Lord will soon arrive. 15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
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“Count off seven weeks from when you first begin to cut the grain at the time of harvest.
- Mark 4:29And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”
- Revelation 14:15Then another angel came from the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe.”
- Jeremiah 51:33This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor, about to be trampled. In just a little while her harvest will begin.”
- Hosea 6:11“O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.
- Matthew 13:39The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.
- Isaiah 63:3“I have been treading the winepress alone; no one was there to help me. In my anger I have trampled my enemies as if they were grapes. In my fury I have trampled my foes. Their blood has stained my clothes.
- Lamentations 1:15“The Lord has treated my mighty men with contempt. At his command a great army has come to crush my young warriors. The Lord has trampled his beloved city like grapes are trampled in a winepress.
- Revelation 14:17After that, another angel came from the Temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.
- Genesis 13:13But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.
- Genesis 15:16After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”
- Genesis 18:20So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.
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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