Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out from the temple crying with a loud voice to him that sat upon the cloud: Thrust in thy sickle, and reap, because the hour is come to reap: for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he that sat on the cloud thrust his sickle into the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Cross References
Isaiah 62:1For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest till her just one come forth as brightness, and her saviour be lighted as a lamp.
Jeremiah 51:33For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a thrashingfloor, this is the time of her thrashing: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Zechariah 5:6And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.
Matthew 13:39And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
Mark 4:29And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Matthew Henry on Revelation 14:14-20
The Harvest and the Vintage. ( a. d. 95.) 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud,… Read the whole commentary →