Joel 3:13

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.

Cross-reference

Joel 2:24 Contrast

In Joel 2:24, overflowing vats signify blessing — here in 3:13 they signify judgment, a stark reversal of the same image within Joel.

Isaiah 63:3 Parallel

In Isaiah 63:3, God treads the winepress alone, his garments stained — the same winepress of judgment imagery Joel uses for the nations.

In Jeremiah 51:33, Babylon's harvest of judgment is like a threshing floor — same metaphor for divine judgment on nations.

In Lamentations 1:15, the Lord treads Judah as in a winepress — applying the same metaphor to Jerusalem's fall, echoed in Joel's universal judgment.

In Matthew 13:39, Jesus identifies the harvest as the end of the age and angels as reapers — directly linking Joel's harvest imagery to final judgment.

Mark 4:29 Allusion

In Mark 4:29, the parable ends with 'puts in the sickle because harvest has come' — identical imagery of ripe harvest indicating judgment.

In Revelation 14:15, the angel cries 'Thrust in your sickle, the harvest is ripe' — direct echo of Joel's harvest call.

In Revelation 14:16, the harvest is reaped with the sickle, fulfilling the command that echoes Joel's judgment harvest.

In Revelation 14:17-20, the harvest and winepress of God's wrath are reaped by angels — a clear echo of Joel's end-time judgment scene.

Revelation 14:14 depicts Christ with a sharp sickle, using the same harvest imagery as Joel's call to put in the sickle for judgment.

Revelation 14:18 directly echoes Joel's command 'Put in your sickle' and expands the winepress imagery of divine wrath.

In Genesis 15:16, the Amorites' iniquity is not yet full — Joel's 'harvest is ripe' echoes the idea that sin must reach a full measure before judgment.

Isaiah 17:5 Parallel

In Isaiah 17:5, harvest reaping is a simile for judgment — Joel uses the same agricultural imagery for God's final harvest of wrath.

Hosea 6:11 Parallel

In Hosea 6:11, a harvest is appointed for Judah, sharing the harvest metaphor with Joel's judgment of nations.