The Harvest

14 Then I looked, and behold, a (A)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one (B)like [a]a son of man, with a golden (C)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15 And another angel (D)came out of the [b]temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “[c](E)Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the (F)harvest of the earth [d]is ripe.” 16 Then He who sat on the cloud [e]swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel (G)came out of the [f]temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel, (H)the one who has power over fire, came out from (I)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “[g](J)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters [h]from the vine of the earth, (K)because her grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel [i]swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into (L)the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And (M)the wine press was trampled (N)outside the city, and (O)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, [j]for a distance of [k]1,600 stadia.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:14 Or the Son of Man
  2. Revelation 14:15 Or sanctuary
  3. Revelation 14:15 Lit Send forth
  4. Revelation 14:15 Lit has become dry
  5. Revelation 14:16 Lit cast
  6. Revelation 14:17 Or sanctuary
  7. Revelation 14:18 Lit Send forth
  8. Revelation 14:18 Lit of
  9. Revelation 14:19 Lit cast
  10. Revelation 14:20 Lit from
  11. Revelation 14:20 Possibly about 184 miles or 296 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,(A) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[a](B) with a crown(C) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 15 Then another angel came out of the temple(D) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(E) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(F) of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:14 See Daniel 7:13.
  2. Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers

And I saw something like a (A)sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who (B)were victorious [a]over the (C)beast and (D)his image and the (E)number of his name, standing on the (F)sea of glass, holding (G)harps of God. And they *sang the (H)song of Moses, (I)the bond-servant of God, and the (J)song of the Lamb, saying,

(K)Great and marvelous are Your works,
(L)Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways,
(M)King of the [b]nations!
(N)Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy;
For (O)all the nations will come and worship before You,
For Your [c](P)righteous acts have been revealed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:2 Lit from
  2. Revelation 15:3 Two early mss ages
  3. Revelation 15:4 Or judgments

And I saw what looked like a sea of glass(A) glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious(B) over the beast(C) and its image(D) and over the number of its name.(E) They held harps(F) given them by God and sang the song of God’s servant(G) Moses(H) and of the Lamb:(I)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,(J)
    Lord God Almighty.(K)
Just and true are your ways,(L)
    King of the nations.[a]
Who will not fear you, Lord,(M)
    and bring glory to your name?(N)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(O)
for your righteous acts(P) have been revealed.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts ages
  2. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.