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

20 TJie Book of Enoch [Sett. I
of the clouds, (Araqiel the signs of the earth, Shamsiel the
signs of the sun), and Sariel the course of the moon. 4. And
as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven. . . .
IX. 1. And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked
down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the
earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.
2. And they said one to another ;
' The earth made f with-
out inhabitant cries the voice of their crying f up to the gates of
heaven. 3. ""And now to you, the holy ones of heaven"", the
souls of men make their suit, saying, " Bring our cause before
the Most High ".' 4. And they said to the Lord of the ages :
'Lord of lords, God of gods. King of kings (and God of the
ages), the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations
of the ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all
the ages ! 5. Thou hast made all things, and power over
all things hast Thou :
and all things are naked and open in Thy
as I have already pointed out in 6'(which from heaven = N''C{J'D 1p^'^1^5. An
see), is coi-rupt for aepoffKomav (so G').
(Araqiel . . . sun) supplied from G',
save that for u Tpiros and d i$5ofios I
have given the names these numbers
represent. SariSl. E = Esdr6el cor-
rupt : G*^ ^epir}(\). See note on 6' on
this word. 4. And (EG"). G"
reads totc, G^ ovv. They cried, and
their cry went up to heaven (E) =
t06rjffav Koi avf^T} y ^otj avTa/v (Is rbv
oipavip. G^ cm. ($vT]aav Kai. G"^
reads fPSrjffav cts toc ovpavov. Our
text, therefore, may be a conflation of
these two readings : yet of. 9". To
heaven. + ' saying, Bring our cause
before the Most High and our destruc-
tion before the Great Glory, before the
Lord of all the lords in greatness' G°^.
Cf. G' \ This fragment most probably
preserves part of the original text : cf,
9^> '. The cry of men is not inarticulate,
but a prayer for justice.
IX. 1. And then (E). G» 'then'.
+ 'the four great archangels hearing'
G")''. Michael, &c. See 40^ note on
the four archangels. Looked down
echo of Ps. 142. 2. The earth fmade
without inhabitant . . . heaven (E).
G^ reads ' the voice of them that cry
upon the earth to the gates of heaven '.
G' '> 2 omit. On 'made without inhabitant'
cf 67- 84^ T. Naph. S^. 3. On
the intercession of angels see ver. 10 note,
and my note on T. Lev. 3^ where the
chief passages on this subject from
200 B.C. to 100 A. D. are dealt with.
And now . . . heaven (E). Lost in
G8"i'' through hmt. Holy ones. See
1' note. Most High. See 99' note.
4. Lord of the ages (G' '). > G^' 2.
E = Kvp'iQ} Tttiv ^aaiXfwVj where t. 0aai,-
Xiajv = t*. In G'- a.v9punwv,
i. e. avTtav is corrupt for aluivaiv. 5.
Power over all things (E G'). G»