¹⁷ Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.^(A)

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple^(A) saying to the seven angels,^(B) “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”^(C)

⁵ After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple^(A)—that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law^(B)—and it was opened.^{(C) 6} Out of the temple^(D) came the seven angels with the seven plagues.^(E) They were dressed in clean, shining linen^(F) and wore golden sashes around their chests.^(G)

¹⁸ Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar^(A) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle^(B) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”

Harvesting the Earth and Trampling the Winepress

¹⁴ I looked, and there before me was a white cloud,^(A) and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man^[a](B) with a crown^(C) of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ Then another angel came out of the temple^(D) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle^(E) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest^(F) of the earth is ripe.”