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

Sect. II] Chapter LXI. 5-11 121
9. And when he shall lift up his countenance
To judge their secret ways according to the word of the
name of the Lord of Spirits,
And their^ path according to the way of the righteous
judgement of the Lord of Spirits,
Then shall they all with one voice speak and bless,
And glorify and extol and sanctify the name of the Lord
of Spirits.
10. And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all
the holy ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubin,
Seraphin, and Ophannin, and all the angels of power, and all
the angels of principalities, and the Elect One, and the other
powers on the earth (and) over the water 11. On that day
shall raise one voice, and bless and glorify and exalt in the spirit
of faith, and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience.
weigh their deeds ', t, ahcdefhkl ' he
ahall weigh their deeda '- On this
matter see 41' note. 9. Their . . .
ways, t 'their cause'. According
to the word of the name of the
Lord of Spirits. This clause is evi-
dently parallel with the next, accord-
ing to the way of the righteous judgement
of the Lord of Spirits.' We
might therefore translate nagara ' com-
•- mand' ' according to the command
of the name of the Lord of Spirits.'
Lord of Spirits '''' (a). /3 ' Most High
God'. Sanctify (a, ji). /3-» 'praise'.
10. He will summon : i.e. God will
summon. In my text I took jesew'S
as a misrendering of Porjaet, In that
case we should render :
' all the host
of the heavens shall cry out.' Cheru-
bin, Seraphin, and Ophannin : cf
14". 18 20' 71'. The Cherubim and
Seraphim appear in the 0. T. but
are carefully distinguished. Schulz,
A. Tliche. Theol., p. 617, says that
in no instance are the Cherubim to
be regarded as angels, but as symbolic
figures : they form God's chariot, and
are the means of revealing or concealing
His presence. But this does not hold
of later developments. In the present
passage they form an order of angels
as they do in Rev. 5'"i''- 2 Enoch 19«
20'. The Seraphim are beings whose
special diity was to serve in God's im-
mediate presence. On the nature of
these see also Delitzsch on Is. 6'. The
Ophannim (i. e. wheels) are derived
from Ezek. 1". In the Talmud as
here they are classed with the Cheru-
bim and Seraphim, Weber, pp. 168,
205. On the angelology of the 0. T.
see Schulz, A. Tliche. Tlteol. (606-
622) ; Jeicish Encyc. in. loc. Angels
of power, and all the angels of prin-
cipalities. These are exactly St. Paul's
'principalities and powers'; cf. Rom.
8'8 Eph. 121 Col. 1". The other
powers on the earth, &c., i. e. the
lower angel-powers over nature. 11.
Glorify. + ' and praise ', P. Sxalt.
> g. In the spirit of faith, &o.
These words express the virtues which
animate, the angels who give praise.
The virtues are seven in number; cf.