Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud: Thrust in your sickle, and reap! The time has come for you to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

The harvest

I am the All-Powerful Jehovah, the God of Israel, and I make this promise: Soon Babylon will be leveled and packed down like a threshing place at harvest time.

Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed.

The enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age. The reapers are angels.

For the press

I have trampled alone in the winepress. No one was with me. In my anger I trampled on people. In my wrath I stomped on them. Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained.

Jehovah makes fun of my men of war. He gathers men against me to send destruction on my young men. The virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of Jehovah.

Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

For their

The men of Sodom were wicked and sinned greatly against Jehovah.

They shall come back here in the fourth generation. The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

Jehovah said: Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,

General references

The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.