Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is over-ripe.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
16And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Cross References
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
Jeremiah 51:33For thus saith the 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.
Zechariah 5:6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance in all the land:
Matthew 13:39and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
Mark 4:29But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Revelation 6:10and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge 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 →