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Joel 3:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Joel 3:13

Verse 13 of 21

Scripture focus

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.

Joel 3:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joel 3:13

Theological / Devotional

Harvest is ripe. Apparently two figures are used by which to describe the judgment upon the nations: (1) the reaping of the grain harvest, and (2) the gathering of the vintage and the treading of the grapes. Some think only one figure is intended, that the sickle represents the pruning knife, and that the harvest represents the garnering of the vintage, which came about September. Compare John’s picture of the harvest in Rev. 14:14-20.

Fats. Heb. yeqabim, “wine presses.”

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