Revelation 14:15
And another angel came forth out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud: Put forth thy sickle, and reap; because the time to reap is come; because the harvest of the earth is ripe.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he who sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Cross References
Matthew 13:39and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
Mark 4:29But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon 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 →