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Joel 3:13

“Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread, for the winepress is full; the vats overflow, for their evil is great.”

Joel 3:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Allusion · Mark 4:29

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Both texts speak of putting in the sickle because the harvest is ripe.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • שִׁלְחוּshiljuH7971ἀποστέλλειapostelleiG649“send, stretch out, let go”
  • מַגָּלmagalH4038δρέπανονdrepanonG1407“sickle”
  • בָשַׁלvashalH1310παρέστηκενparestēkenG3936“boil; ripen”
  • קָצִירkatsirH7105θερισμόςtherismosG2326“harvest, reaping”

Allusion · Revelation 14:15

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Both texts say that the sickle must be put in because the hour of the harvest has come.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • רַבָּהrabaH7227μεγάλῃmegalēiG3173“much, great, many”
  • בָשַׁלvashalH1310καθημένῳkathēmenōiG2521“boil; ripen”
  • שִׁלְחוּshiljuH7971ΠέμψονPempsonG3992“send, stretch out, let go”
  • מַגָּלmagalH4038δρέπανόνdrepanonG1407“sickle”
  • קָצִירkatsirH7105θέρισονtherisonG2325“harvest, reaping”
  • בֹּאוּbouH935ἦλθενēlthenG2064“come, enter, arrive”

Joel 3:13, word by word

Put inשִׁלְחוּshilchu

send

To send someone or something.

Where else “shilchu” appears
the sickleמַגָּלmagal

sickle

Sickle, a curved tool for reaping.

Where else “magal” appears
the harvestקָצִירkatsir

harvest

To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.

Where else “katsir” appears
is ripeבָשַׁלvashal

ripen

To come to its point, like fruit or grain ready to harvest.

Where else “vashal” appears
comeבֹּאוּbou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “bou” appears
treadרְדוּredu

General meaning: Go down, come down.

Where else “redu” appears
the winepressגַּתgat

winepress

Winepress: the place, cut in the rock, where grapes are trodden to get the wine.

Where else “gat” appears
is fullמָלְאָהmala

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

Where else “mala” appears
the vatsיְקָבִיםyekavim

winepress

Winepress: the place where grapes are trodden and the juice is collected.

Where else “yekavim” appears
overflowהֵשִׁיקוּheshiku

overflow

To be so full it spills over.

Where else “heshiku” appears
their evilרָעָתָraata

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raata” appears
is greatרַבָּהraba

great

Of great size or power; the one who stands out.

Where else “raba” appears

Translation note

Revelation 14:14-20 uses these images.

The context

12Let the nations be roused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.

13 · This verse (above)

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For near is the day of YHWH in the valley of decision.

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