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

90 The Booh of Enoch [Sect. II
And tlieir power rests upon their riches^
And tlieir faith is in the fgodsf which they have made with
their hands.
And they deny the name of the Lord of Spirits,
8. And they persecute the houses of His congregations,
And the faithful who hang upon the name of the Lord of
Spirits.
T/ie Tmyer of the BigJdeomfor Vengeance and tlieir Joy at its Coming.
XLVII. 1. And in those days shall have ascended the prayer of
the righteous.
And the blood of the righteous from the earth before the
Lord of Spirits.
2. In those days the holy ones who dwell above in the heavens
Shall unite with one voice
And supplicate and pray [and praise,
ciu, en J) make a dittographic addition
here : gin add ' and all their works
are unrighteousness ; t, ahcclfhklox ^a
'
' their works are unrighteousness '.
Their power rests upon tlieir
riches. Perhaps DPTI = '
their power
was ii corruption of DnpiW = 'their
glorying '. Cf. 94' where the rich
' trust in their riches '. Their faith
is in the gods, &c. This is a strange
expression for the idolatrous tendencies
of the Saddncean court. But DvvN
'
( = gods ') may be corrupt for CbpVD
= ' deeds *. Hence ^ deeds which
they have wrought ', &c. For n,
discussion of the verse see 38° note.
8. Persecute (