the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

Sect. I Chapter I. 5-9
And shall melt like wax before the flame.
7. And the earth shall be '"wholly"' rent in sunder^
And all that is upon the earth shall perish.
And there shall be a judgement upon all (men).
8. But with the righteous He will make peace^
And will protect the elect,
And mercy shall be upon them.
And they shall all belong to God,
And they shall be prospered,
And they shall ^alF be blessed.
'"And He will help them air.
And light shall appear unto them,
^And He will make peace with them^.
9. And behold ! He
ones
Hills . . . melt like wax. From Pa.
97'. Before the flame. G« reads
' ' before the fire in the flame The idea
of the destruction of the world by fire
may be here hinted at as in Sibyl.
Or. 3^''i ^'> "> ^''~" 4'" "'''• S^^^ '-
2 Pet. 3^. 1" Life of Adam 49' "•, but
it is unlikely. The text does not go
beyond Mic. 1* Nah. 1* Ps. 97' 104'2.
7. 'Wholly'. So G^(Txi'ff/«" [^17051].
Gxifffxa and paydSi appear to be duplicate
renderings of the same Hebrew
word. Staax'i'SriaeTai . . . axiaiia a
Hebrew construction. 8. Make
peace with. Cf. 1 Mace. 6". =« for
the phrase /ifrd . . . tifnivriv iroiiiad-
On the idea cf. 5* of the text. See S*
note. The righteous. This designa-
tion is found in all parts of the book :
1'. 8 5" 25^ 38' 39* 43* 47i. '^- *
481. ;, 9 502 537 5g7 535, 6 gC^
613 62= 82* 948. " 95". ' 96'. «
97'. '. = 9812-" 993 100". '. "> 102*.
" 1031 1041. *. ". 13. "TO-ith the
righteous. There is a dittography in
E here. Will protect, &o. So E.
cometh with ten thousands o£ '"His"' holy
This is probably a free rendering ,of G^
iirl Tous iKXenToiis larai irvvT-qpTjffis.
Wisdom 41° may here be dependent
on our text : Kal emcTKoir^ fv toTs
(x\eKToii auToS. After avvTqprjais G^
adds Arai dpijvri. All belong to God.
Ps. 1003 Jer. 31'. » Hos. V>< i» &c.
They shall be prospered. G^ reads
T^c \ (vhoKiav dwafL aiiTotSf where
(vSoiclav is corrupt for doSiav—a cor-
ruption found also in Sir. 43''*. Here
ag.nin the active construction in G^ is
prob.-ibly right. TAir be blessed. G^
reads ' He will bless them all '. r^n^
He will help them"!. So G^ xai iravToiv
dvTihrji^eTai. Here there is an obvious
dittograph in G^; for it adds Kal
0ori0Tiuft yfuv. This line is omitted in
E quite wrongly. In fact E preserves
only the second line of this stanza
Light shall appear unto them (G^).
E reads ' light ( + ' of God ' a-g, /3-o)
shall shine upon them '. Cf 38*. r^nd
He will make peace with themT (G*)
E om. but the tristich requires it. 9,
This verse is composed of two tristichs.
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