SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:19
Y el ngel ech su hoz aguda en la tierra, y vendimi la via de la tierra, y la envi al grande lagar de la ira de Dios.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Revelation 14:19
Verse 19. 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth , etc.] 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 vine being the vine of the earth, rooted in it, and natural to it: and gathered the vine of the earth ; the Arabic version reads, of the whole earth; in like manner as the tares in the parable are said to be gathered, and bound in bundles, and cast into the fire, which, as here, intends the destruction of the wicked, at the end of the world: this vine may be said to be cut down at the burning of the world, and to be gathered at the second resurrection, as the wheat harvest of the saints will be at the first resurrection: and cast it into the great winepress the wrath of God ; the same with the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, so often mentioned in this book: the torments of the wicked will lie in the wrath of God being poured forth upon them, and into them, which will be that fire that cannot be quenched, and that worm that never dies; and this is signified by the squeezing of grapes in a winepress, as God's judgments in this world sometimes are, ( Isaiah 63:3,6) and which will be very heavy and intolerable, since this winepress will be trod by the Lord God Almighty: and it is said to be a great one, as it must needs be, to hold the vine of the whole earth, or all the wicked of the world, who will be like the sand of the sea, innumerable; and this will be big enough for them all, and they will all be cast into it at once. Tophet is deep and large, ( Isaiah 30:33).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-20 - Warnings and judgments not having produced reformation, the sins of the nations are filled up, and they become ripe for judgments, represente by a harvest, an emblem which is used to signify the gathering of the righteous, when ripe for heaven, by the mercy of God. The harvest tim is when the corn is ripe; when the believers are ripe for heaven, the the wheat of the earth shall be gathered into Christ's garner. And by vintage. The enemies of Christ and his church are not destroyed, til by their sin they are ripe for ruin, and then he will spare them n longer. The wine-press is the wrath of God, some terrible calamity probably the sword, shedding the blood of the wicked. The patience of God towards sinners, is the greatest miracle in the world; but, thoug lasting, it will not be everlasting; and ripeness in sin is a sure proof of judgment at hand __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 εβαλεν 906 5627 ο 3588 αγγελος 32 το 3588 δρεπανον 1407 αυτου 846 εις 1519 την 3588 γην 1093 και 2532 ετρυγησεν 5166 5656 την 3588 αμπελον 288 της 3588 γης 1093 και 2532 εβαλεν 906 5627 εις 1519 την 3588 ληνον 3025 του 3588 θυμου 2372 του 3588 θεου 2316 την 3588 μεγαλην 3173
Vincent's NT Word Studies
19. The great wine-press (thn lhon ton megan). The Greek student will note the masculine adjective with the feminine noun, possibly because the gender of the noun is doubtful. The Rev., in rendering more literally, is more forcible: the wine-press, the great wine-press. See on Matt. xxi. 33.
