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

Sect. V] Chapters XCVJII. U—XCIX. 7 245
And place them as a testimony before the angels^
That they may place the sin of the sinners for a memorial
before the Most High.
4. In those days the nations shall be stirred up,
And the families of the nations shall arise on the day of
destruction.
5. And in those days the destitute shall go forth and carry off
their children,
And they shall abandon them, so that their children shall
perish through them
:
Yea, they shall abandon their children (that are still)
sucklings, and not return to them.
And shall have no pity on their beloved ones.
6. And again I swear to you, ye sinners, that sin is prepared
for a day of unceasing bloodshed. 7. And they who worship
stones, and grave images of gold and silver and wood (and stone)
Place them (a. ' ye have placed
them') . . . before the angels. This
mediatorial function of the angels (cf.
9^!-" note) has its root in the O.T.,
cf. Job 51 3323 Zeoh. V but has no
place in the N. T., except in Rev. 8'i *.
See my note on the mediation of angels
in T. Lev. 3= T. Dan. 6^ The Most
High. This title is found in all Sections
of the book. The title ' Most
High' appears in 9^ 10' 46' 60'. ^^ 62'
77' 948 97" 9b'. 11 99'. i» 101'. ". '. 4.
In the last times there will be wars
and tumults among the nations of the
earth. This will be the period of the
Sword ; of. 90" 91'2 99«. Shall be
stirred up {f, /3). a-igt ' are stirred
up'. Shall arise {t, 0). a-mt
' . hall raise up '. 5 . The terrible
results of famine are here depicted.
There is no reference to miscarriages
in the verse, as has generally been sup-
posed and so rendered : nor to rending
their children in pieces, as has been
universally supposed and translated.
Abandon them (a). iS ' abandon their
children'. 6—C. 6. Denunciation
of the idolatry and superstition of the
wicked. In this denunciation not only
the apostates but also the actual
heathen are included. 6. Day of
unceasing bloodshed, i. e. the judgement
of the sword ; see 91'* (note)
45" (note). Quoted by TertuUian, Be
Idol, iv * Et rursus iuro vobis, pecca-
tore.o, quod in diem sanguinis perdi-
tion is poenitentia parata est '. It will
be observed here that Tertullian's 'in
diem sanguinis perditionis ' = €is ijixi-
pav at'/iaro? atioiX^ia^— T'X/ DT DV7,
where TiN? is corrupt for '15)!3 = dSia-
KeiiTTOv as in our text. Symmachus so
renders "IJIp in Job IC' where the
Mass. has IJJS Further ' poenitentia
in Tertulliau appears to be corrupt for
' impenitentia ' = ajieravorjaia, of which
the word ' sin ' in our text may be a loose
rendering. 7. Grave images of
gold and silver and wood ^and
stone) . . . worship . . , demons ; cf
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