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

108 Tlie Booh of Enoch [Sect, ii
their unrighteousness which they have wrought on the earthy
then by these shall they perish/
LV. 1. And after that the Head of Days repented and said :
' In vain have I destroyed all who dwell on the earth/
2. And He sware by His great name :
' Henceforth I will not
do so to all who dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign in the
heaven : and this shall be a pledge of good faith between Me
and them for ever, so long as heaven is above the earth. And
this is in accordance with My command.
LV. 3
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LVI. 4. Final Judgement of Azazel, the Watchers and
their children.
3. When I have desired to take hold of them by the hand of
the angels on the day of tribulation and pain because of this,
I will cause My chastisement and My wrath to abide upon them,
saith God, the Lord of Spirits. 4. Ye f mighty kingsf who
dwell on the earth, ye shall have to behold Mine Elect One, how
he sits on the throne of glory and judges Azazel, and all his
associates, and all his hosts in the name of the Lord of Spirits.''
LVI. 1. And I saw there the hosts of the angels of punish-
ment going, and they held scourges and chains of iron and bronze.
reading of gnui, fi0-ew is riglit and with 54''. Day of tribulation
that we should render : ' And owing and pain ; see 45^ (note). Because
to this they will recognize . . . and of this. Text = e/nTpoaStv toutou,
by this (i.e. the deluge) shall they a mistranslation of riNT 'pSO. I
P'31'ish.' will cause ... to abide a-qu. q, P-d
LV. 1. The Head of Days: see '(My chastisement) shall abide '-
461 (note). We have here a good Chastisement . . . wrath (a). ^ j8.
illustration of the method by which 4. The kings have to witness the
the interpolator seeks to assimilate judgement passed on the angels : it
his additions by incorporating technical Azazel and his hosts are judged and
terms from the main text. Eepented: condemned by the Messiah, how much
cf. Gen. 821. 2. So (j, i^/j-a). , more likely will they ! The text should
> ymtH, X. This is in accordance almost certainly be ' Ye kings and
with My command {gt). m reads mighty': see 38^ (note), 62«. Of
' this is My command", q (ungramma- glory (o-j). g, /3 ' of My glory '-
tical) ' this command is according to My LVI. 1-4. These verses refer to the
desire ', u, t^fi ' after this according to watchers and their children the demons.
My command '. The last reading would The term • beloved ' is specially used of
perhaps connect best with what follows. the demons in regard to their parents
3. This verse connects immediately in 1-36 : see 10" 14'. 1. They