what is the harvest?
<answer> Past meant that the appointed time was gone. <context> The harvest is past meant that the appointed time was gone (Jeremiah 8:20). Yahweh chose the most promising time to cut off the wicked, namely, when there is a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest (Isaiah 18:4,5). This occurrence of hot misty days just before the ripening of the grapes is still common.