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Joel 3:13

Judgment

11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.

12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
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.
WEB
Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
ASV
Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread ye; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
DARBY
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
BLB
Send forth the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow, for great [is] their wickedness!
ÅB
Send sigden ut, for høsten er moden! Kom og tred vinpersen, for den er full, persekarene flyter over, deres ondskap er stor!
OTB
Sving sigden, for høsten er moden.
Kom, tråkk druene, for vinpressen er full
og karene flyter over—så stor er deres ondskap!
B1930
Send sigden ut, for høsten er moden! Kom og tred vinpersen, for den er full, persekarene flyter over, deres ondskap er stor!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 14:15–20

    Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”

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  • Hosea 6:11

    Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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  • Mark 4:29

    And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

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  • Jeremiah 51:33

    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”

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  • Isaiah 63:3

    “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.

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  • Matthew 13:39

    and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

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  • Lamentations 1:15

    The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

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  • Genesis 18:20

    Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

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