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

212 The Book of Enoch Sect. IV
15. And I saw till the Lord
of the sheep came unto them in
wrathj and all who saw Him
fled, and they all fell f into His
shadow t from before His face.
18. And I saw till the Lord
of the sheep came unto them
and took in His hand the stafE
of His wrath, and smote the
earth, and the earth clave
asunder, and all the beasts and
all the birds of the heaven fell
from among those sheep, and
were swallowed up in the earth
and it covered them.
XC. 20-27. Judf/emeid of the Fallen Angels, the Shejjherds, and
the Apostates.
20. And I saw till a throne was erected in the pleasant land,
and the Lord of the sheep sat Himself thereon, and the other
took the sealed books and opened those books before the Lord of
the sheep. 21. And the Lord called those men the seven first
15. The Lord (a-(/). g, & 'that
Lord'. Into His shadow {qtu,
I3\ r/ui 'into the shadow' 16.
All '". (( reads ' and '- Kavens and
kites. T' 1/1. Came'^" (34)- 'iittii, /3
'brought'- All the sheep (in the
noin.) {g). III the aec. mqt, /3, 17.
Till he opened that book concerning
the destruction. ;/ reads 'for it was
opened by the command of the Lord
concerning the destruction '. Before
the Lord of the sheep {viq, 0). gta
'formerly. 18' And the Lordofthesheep'.
18. God Himselfdestroys the last enemies
of Israel after the manner of Korah
and his followers, Num. 16'1 »«• This
is the first act of the final judgement
but the remaining acts are of a forensic
nature. And I saw till the Lord of
the sheep (' of the sheep ' > m) came
unto them {m, 0). > q through hmt.
gl ' and tlie Lord of the sheep I saw till
He came to those sheep '
(' till the Lord
of the sheep came unto them ' if ), « ' and
;
the Lord of the sheep came unto them '.
Covered them {mq, (T) = kmXvfiV en'
airovs. t, 0~d = fKaXvcpBtj lir' airov!.
y corrupt. > ti. 20. The pleasant
laud ; cf. Sa*", i. e. Palestine.
Of. Dan. 1116. ".w. G_od's throne is
set up in the immediate neighbourhood
of Jerusalem (cf. ver. 29), tlie books are
opened as in Dan. 7'^" ; see 47' (note).
The Messiah does not appear till after
the judgement in 83-90. The other.
Here I read kal'il -— ' other' instead of
the MSS. reading kuello = ' all '.
' The other ' is the angel Michael. The
Lord of the sheep does not Hiuiself
read the books. Cf. 89'"'. ". '". " 90". ".
The text reads 'and He took all the
sealed books', 21. Men (a).
> 0. The seven (qtu, 0), > g. m
' and seven '. Seven first white
ones. This order of seven archangels
is derived from the Zoroastriau Anislia-
spands. They are spoken of in Tobit
1215 .
t,f, Kev. i* IB §2, 0. [.jee Cheyne,