And another agent came out from the temple, crying out in a great voice to him who sits on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle and reap, because the hour has come to reap, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.

The harvest

For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden. Yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.

Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee when I bring back the captivity of my people.

And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are heavenly agents.

For the press

I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples there was no man with me. Yea, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath, and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.

And another agent came out from the temple in heaven, also himself having a sharp sickle.

For their

Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against LORD.

And in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

And LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

General references

And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.