And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
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Gill's Exposition
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth,.... Before "upon the earth", when the harvest was gathered in, the wheat being on the earth, but not belonging to it; but here "into the earth", the…
Barnes' Notes
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth - That is, into that part of the earth which might be represented by a vineyard; or the earth considered as having been the abode of wicked men. And…
Adam Clarke
The great winepress of the wrath of God - The place or kingdom where God executes his judgments on the workers of iniquity, whether pagans or persecuting Christians; Rome pagan, or Rome papal.
Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe,
I. The preface, Rev 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from…
Cambridge Bible
thrust in Cast as in Rev 14:14: but here the Angel himself plainly gathers, as well as supplies the instrument for gathering.
the great winepress Isa 63:2-3; Lam 1:15.