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

136 The Booh of Enoch [Seot. ii
can endure the severe judgement whicli has been exeeuted^ and
before which they melt away ? ' 3. And Michael answered
again^ and said to Raphael :
' Who is he whose heart is not
softened concerning it, and whose reins are not troubled by this
word of judgement (that) has gone forth upon them because of
those who have thus led them out ? '
4. And it came to pass
when he stood before the Lord of Spirits, Michael said thus to
Raphael :
' I will not take their part under the eye of the Lord
for the Lord of Spirits has been angry with them because they
do as if they were the Lord. 5. Therefore all that is hidden
shall come upon them for ever and ever ; for neither angel nor
man shall have his portion (in it), but alone they have received
their judgement for ever and ever/
The Names and Functions of the (^fallen Angels and) Saiaus :
the secret Oath.
LXIX. 1. And after this judgement they shall terrify and
make them to tremble because they have shown this to those
who dwell on the earth.
2. And behold the names of those angels [and these are their
the angels (5-/3). > a-q. Executed. are rigorously jmnished because they
+ ' and abides ' 0. 3. Michael seduced the angels into sin. The words
(a). 'the holy Michael'. So also 'They do as if they were like the Lord'
in ver. i. Answered. + 'me' gqu. favour this interpretation; of. Is. 1 4"-i5.
Is not softened (^). a 'is not con- 5. All that is hidden (a). 'the
vioted '- The former looks like an bidden judgement',
emendation. At the same time a does LXIX. 1. Make them to tremble,
not give a good sense. Where the Greek Text = ' irritate them ' = |ini''3nX''
exists is hardly ever right against a, which also means ' make them to
though one or more individual MSS. of tremble '. 8o Schmidt lias pointed out,
maybe. "Word of judgement (that) acting on Halevy's suggestion that text
has gone forth ((/j). mtu, ' wovd: = Df^lT. 2. I have bracketed the
judgement has
them because
gone forth '. Upon
of those who have
bulk of this verse and all ver. 3 as an
intrusion here. These angels are the
thus led them out. Dillmann thinks angels who fell in the time of Jared ;
this may mean those angels who are whereas those mentioned in 69^ ""• are
conducted from the preliminary to the Satans. This list of angels is the same
final place of punishment. It might as that in 6', but many corruptions
perhaps be better to translate as I have have taken place in the text. Ver. 4
done above. In this case we should follows naturally on the words 'Be-
have the judgement of the Satans who hold the names of those angels ', though
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