¹⁶ So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

¹⁷ Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.^{(A) 18} Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar^(B) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle^(C) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”