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

2G The Bool; of Enoch [s'ect. I
and shall all be planted with trees and be full o£ blessing.
19. AnA all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall
plant vines on it :
and the vine which they plant thereon shall
}ield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown
thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each
measure of olives shall yield ten presses of oil. 20. And cleanse
thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness,
and from all sin, and from all godlessness : and all the unclean-
ness that is wrought upon the earth destroy from off the earth.
2 1 . '^And all the children of men shall become righteous^, and all
nations shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall
worship ]Me. 22. And the earth shall be cleansed from all
defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from
all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from
generation to generation and for ever.
XI. 1. And in those da^s I will open the store chambers of
blessing which are in the heaven, so as to send them down ''upon
the earth^ over the work and labour of the children of men.
2. And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout
all the da\'s of the world and throughout all the generations
of men.'
18. Shall all be planted with trees 2 Bar. 29^ and Iren. adc. Haer. v. 33,
(E). G8 ' and a tree shall be planted and contrast Is. 5^". 20. Oppres-
init'. Is this ' the plant of righteous- siou (E). G* 'impurity'. A114''(E).
ness ' of V. 16 ? The sequel, however, > G^. From off the earth. 21.
points to the former. The ' all ' in E, And aU the children of men shall
i.e. kufilantaha, may be corrupt for beoome righteous (E). >G^. The
bala'gleha = h auTJ) (G^). 19. And conversion of the Gentiles. Cf. 90'"
all ... be planted (E). G« is corrupt: (note) 91'*. 22. The earth (E).
'and all the trees of the earth shall G^ 'all the earth '. From all 4° (E).
rejoice, shall be planted' (t^j t^s >G«. Upon it (E). G^ 'upon
d'yaKKidaovTat (puTtvOrja^Tai). "Wine them '.
in abundance (E). G^ 'pitchers of XI. 1. This chapter concludes an
wine'. As for all the seed . . . account of the Messianic kingdom,
presses of oil (E = nds o airdpos i Cf. Deut. 281^. Upon the earth (E).
airapfU Iv mnri iKaarov liirpoit -noi-qait > G''. 2. Cf. 851" Is. 321'. Truth
Xt>^ia5as KoiiicaaTov jiiTpov iKaias iTX.). and peace shall be associated to-
G8 is corrupt and defective: x'^'"5as gether (so G^E save that E reads
Koi ompov Troirjaei KaS' iKaarov jUrpov ' peace aud truth '). Cf. Ps. 85'!. Of
tAai'as. Bach measure shall bear, men (Qs). E = aiwvwv, a corruption
&c. Cf. the chiliastio expectations in of apTrwv = avdpu-nwv.