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Joel 3:13

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Joel 3:13 in Multiple Translations

Berean Standard Bible 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.

King James Version 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.

American Standard Version 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.

Bible in Basic English BBE

Put in the blade, for the grain is ready: come, get you down, for the wine-crusher is full, the vessels are overflowing; for great is their evil-doing.

Free Bible Version FBV

Start swinging the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come and tread the grapes for the winepress is full and the vats are overflowing because their wickedness has become so great.

Geneva Bible 1599 GNV

Put in your sithes, for the haruest is ripe: come, get you downe, for the winepresse is full: yea, the winepresses runne ouer, for their wickednesse is great.

Young's Literal Translation YLT

Send ye forth a sickle, For ripened hath harvest, Come in, come down, for filled hath been the press, Overflowed hath wine-presses, For great [is] their wickedness.

World English Bible 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.”

Noah Webster Bible WBS

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, go down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Douay-Rheims 1899 DRV

Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down, for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is multiplied.

Translation for Translators T4T

They are like [MET] crops that are ready to be harvested; so strike them like [MET] a farmer swings his sickle to cut the grain. They are like [MET] grapes that are piled high in the pits where they will be pressed; because they are very wicked, punish them severely [MET] now, like [MET] a farmer tramples on the grapes until the pits are full of juice.

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Berean Amplified Bible — Joel 3:13

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1 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.” So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
2 Mark 4:29 And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come. ”
3 Hosea 6:11 Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
4 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.
5 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.”
6 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.
7 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.
8 Deuteronomy 16:9 You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
9 Genesis 18:20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
10 Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

Joel 3:13 Summary

Joel 3:13 is a call to recognize that God's judgment is near, and the wicked will be punished for their sins. The harvest and winepress are symbols of this judgment, where God will separate the wicked from the righteous, as seen in Matthew 13:24-30 and Revelation 14:14-20. This verse reminds us to live holy lives, separate from the wickedness of the world, and to pray for those who are lost, that they may come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior. By living in light of God's judgment, we can have hope and confidence in His love and mercy, as seen in Psalm 103:8-12.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the meaning of the harvest and winepress in Joel 3:13?

The harvest and winepress are metaphors for God's judgment on the wicked, as seen in Revelation 14:14-20 and Isaiah 63:3, where God tramples out the wicked like grapes in a winepress.

Why is the wickedness of the nations great in Joel 3:13?

The wickedness of the nations is great because they have rejected God and His ways, as seen in Romans 1:18-32, and have filled up the measure of their sins, leading to God's judgment.

Is Joel 3:13 only referring to the end times, or can it be applied to other times in history?

While Joel 3:13 has end-time implications, the principles of God's judgment on wickedness can be applied to other times in history, as seen in Isaiah 13:6 and Amos 5:18, where God judges nations for their sin.

How can believers apply Joel 3:13 to their lives today?

Believers can apply Joel 3:13 by recognizing the importance of living a holy life, as seen in 1 Peter 1:15-16, and being separate from the wickedness of the world, as seen in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18.

Reflection Questions

  1. What are some areas in my life where I need to examine my heart and actions to ensure I am not contributing to the wickedness that God judges?
  2. How can I balance the message of God's judgment with the message of His love and mercy, as seen in John 3:16 and Psalm 103:8-12?
  3. In what ways can I be a light in a dark world, pointing people to the hope of salvation in Jesus Christ, as seen in Matthew 5:14-16?
  4. What are some practical ways I can pray for the nations and the wicked, asking God to bring them to repentance and salvation, as seen in 1 Timothy 2:1-4?

Gill's Exposition on Joel 3:13

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe,.... This is said to the mighty ones sent, the Christian princes, the executioners of God's vengeance on antichrist; the angels that will pour out the

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 3:13

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.

Matthew Poole's Commentary on Joel 3:13

Put ye in the sickle; ye mighty ones, ye men of war, executioners of Divine vengeance, begin to reap, cut down sinners ripe for judgment. Let Tiglath-pileser and his soldiers cut down Syria and its king Rezin, 2 Kings xvi., for their violence against my people; let Cyaxares and his armies begin to cut down Assyria, with Nineveh and its king, for their sins are ripe to judgment; let Nebuchadnezzar put in the sickle and cut down Moab, Aremen, Mount Seir, Egypt, Tyre, Zidon, and the Philistines; after this let Cyrus reap down the ripened Babylonians, and Alexander with his mighty ones reap down Medes and Persians, and let divided Grecian captains cut down one another, till the Romans cut them down. And when this is done, God will have mighty ones still to cut down his enemies, persecutors of his church, when the harvest is fully ripe, and till the final and universal judgment, wherein all God’ s enemies shall for ever be destroyed. For the harvest is ripe; the sins of those several nations are fully ripe. In another metaphor the prophet declares the cutting off the church’ s enemies. The press is full: as the grapegatherer cuts off the bunches and brings them into the press till it be full, and then they are trod; so here the enemies of God’ s people, ripe in sin and brought together to be punished, are to be trodden in the wine-press of God’ s displeasure. The fats overflow; a mighty execution is made, and the blood of slaughtered men runs as wine pressed out in greater abundance than the fats can hold from the press; verified in the slaughter made at the overthrow of the kingdoms here intended. For their wickedness is great; the violence and all manner of sins of these kingdoms is grown exceeding great.

Trapp's Commentary on Joel 3:13

Joe 3:13 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.Ver. 13. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.] It even hangs for mowing, as we say: the enemies are ready ripe for ruin; down with them, therefore, that they may not shed in the field and seed again; let this valley of decision be unto them a valley of excision; let it be as a winepress to those bunches and branches of the grapes lopped off the vine. Lacus iste locus caedis, see Revelation 14:18-19 Matthew 13:39. There is a stint set to men’ s sins, Genesis 15:16 Zechariah 5:8; Zechariah 5:11 Matthew 23:32. What more beautiful to behold than a field for harvest, than a vineyard before the vintage? and yet how sudden an alteration, when workmen once take in hand! For the wickedness is great] Here is that plainly that before was expressed parabolically. The Scripture often expounds itself in the same text; and is everywhere its own best interpreter.

Ellicott's Commentary on Joel 3:13

(13) Put ye in the sickle.—In the enthusiasm of his vision the prophet crowds together metaphors to intensify the description of the coming encounter between Jehovah and the enemies of His people. It is represented by the judgment seat, the harvest, and the vintage. The hour of judgment has arrived—Jehovah Himself is judge. The harvest-time, which is the end of the world, has come—let the angel-reapers put in their sickle. In the wine-press the grapes are gathered in—let the labourers hasten to press the juice out with their feet.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on Joel 3:13

Verse 13. Put ye in the sickle] The destruction of his enemies is represented here under the metaphor of reaping down the harvest; and of gathering the grapes, and treading them in the wine-presses.

Cambridge Bible on Joel 3:13

13. The execution of the sentence is represented under two figures, the reaping of a harvest, and the treading of grapes in the wine-press. Comp. the same figures in Revelation 14:15 f. and 19 f. Put ye in] The command is addressed to the ‘mighty ones’ of Joe 3:11. the sickle] Heb. maggβl, only besides Jeremiah 50:16. The same word (in the fem., magaltβ) is common in Syriac, and the Arab. manjal is current in Palestine at the present day (P.E.F.Q. St[51] 1891, p. 112). The other Heb. word for sickle is ḥ ?ermηsh (only Deuteronomy 16:9, 23:26). [51] .E.F.Q. St. … Palestine Exploration Fund, Quarterly Statements.get you down] viz. into the wine-press (gβth), for the purpose of treading the grapes (on Joe 2:24), here figuratively of the destruction of foes, exactly as Isaiah 63:3[52]. [52] The rendering tread (from ψγδ) is questionable.the vats overflow] The same words (in a literal sense) Joe 2:24. Here they are meant as a significant indication of the numbers to be judged, as also of their ripeness for judgement: the grapes in the wine-press represent the nations; and the vats overflow with the expressed juice, not in consequence of the grapes being trodden, but before they have been trodden, simply through the weight of the superincumbent mass of grapes themselves. for their wickedness is great] A second reason, expressed without metaphor, why the judgement is to be put into execution.

Barnes' Notes on Joel 3:13

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe - So Jesus saith, “let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together the tares and

Whedon's Commentary on Joel 3:13

9-16. After this condemnation of the bitterest enemies of the chosen people the prophet returns to the announcement broken off in Joe 3:3.

Sermons on Joel 3:13

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Leonard Ravenhill The Burdens of Ravenhill - Part 1 (Compilation) by Leonard Ravenhill In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of viewing the Bible as an absolute truth. He encourages believers to have a deep conviction in the authority and power of Go
John Weaver The Rapture of the Wicked by John Weaver In this sermon, the preacher addresses questions asked before he left and aims to provide answers through various passages from the Bible. The title of the message is "Our Hearts C
Samuel Davies The Justice of God—and the Sins of Our Country by Samuel Davies Samuel Davies, in his sermon 'The Justice of God—and the Sins of Our Country,' passionately addresses the sins of the people and the nation, attributing calamities to God's provide
Leonard Ravenhill Judgment Day by Leonard Ravenhill In this sermon, the preacher talks about the disciplined life of John Wesley and his commitment to spending time with God every morning at 4 o'clock. The preacher also mentions the
Dwight Pentecost Week of Meetings-07 Armageddon-Who When Where by Dwight Pentecost In this sermon, the preacher discusses the events that will occur after the Lord Jesus Christ takes believers to be with Him. He mentions that the nations of the earth are currentl
Willie Mullan (Revelation) Visions and Voices Part 1 by Willie Mullan In this sermon, the preacher focuses on the first five verses of Revelation chapter 7. He mentions a previous chapter, chapter 7, which describes the four angels holding back the w
Richard Owen Roberts The Legal Limit on Sin by Richard Owen Roberts This sermon emphasizes the importance of repentance, confession of sin, and the danger of accumulating sin in our lives, churches, and nations. It warns about the legal limit on si
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