Putin the sickle,for the harvestis ripe.Come,tread,for the winepressis full;The vatsoverflow,for their wickednessis great.
Now the menof Sodomwere wickedexceedinglyand sinnersagainst the LORD.
"Then in the fourthgenerationthey will returnhere,for the iniquityof the Amoriteis not yetcomplete."
And the LORDsaid,"The outcryof Sodomand Gomorrahis indeedgreat,and their sinis exceedinglygrave.
It will be even like the reapergatheringthe standinggrain,As his armharveststhe ears,Or it will be like one gleaningearsof grainIn the valleyof Rephaim.
"I have troddenthe winetroughalone,And from the peoplestherewas nomanwith Me. I also trodthem in My angerAnd trampledthem in My wrath;And their lifebloodis sprinkledon My garments,And I stainedallMy raiment.
For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel:"The daughterof Babylonis like a threshingfloorAt the timeit is stampedfirm;Yetin a littlewhilethe timeof harvestwill comefor her."
"The Lordhas rejectedallmy strongmenIn my midst;He has calledan appointedtimeagainstme To crushmy youngmen;The Lordhas trodden[as in] a winepressThe virgindaughterof Judah.
Also,O Judah,there is a harvestappointed for you, When I restorethe fortunesof My people.
and the enemywho sowedthem is the devil,and the harvestis the endof the age;and the reapersare angels.
"But whenthe croppermits,he immediatelyputsin the sickle,becausethe harvesthas come."
"You shall countsevenweeksfor yourself; you shall beginto countsevenweeksfrom the time you beginto put the sickleto the standinggrain.
ThenI looked,and behold,a whitecloud,and sittingon the cloud[was] one likea sonof man,havinga goldencrownon His headand a sharpsicklein His hand.
From His mouthcomesa sharpsword,sothat with it He may strike downthe nations,and He will rulethem with a rodof iron;and He treadsthe winepressof the fiercewrathof God,the Almighty.
