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

Sect.v] Chapters GI. 2— GIL 4 253
every thing that moves on the earth and in the sea ? 9, Do not
the sailors of the ships fear the sea ? Yet sinners fear not the
Most High.
Terrors of the Dai/ of Judgement : the adverse Fortunes of the
liighteous on the Earth.
CII. 1. In those days when He hath brought a grievous fire
upon you,
AYhither will ye flee, and where will ye find deliverance ?
And when He launches forth His word against you,
Will you not be affrighted and fear ?
2. And all the luminaries shall be affrighted with great fear,
And all the earth shall be affrighted and tremble and be
alarmed.
3. And all the f angels shall execute their commandsf
And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the
Great Glory,
And the children of eartli shall tremble and quake
And ye sinners shall be accursed for ever,
And ye shall have no peace.
4. Fear ye not, ye souls of the righteous.
And be hopeful ye that have died in righteousness.
reason to man. 9. The whole It is not good angels that will seek to
argument of the chapter summed up hide themselves. ' Angels '= D'3K?D
in a few pregnant words. Sailors of corrupt for D13?D = ' kings '. We have
the ships: see note on ver. 4. then a parallel here to Rev. 6'^. But
CII. 1-3. If they now refuse to fear what is the original text behind ' exe-
God, the day will come when they will cute their commands ' I cannot see.
be terrified before the awful day of the The Great Glory (a). |8 ' the Gi-eatiti
Lord—a day so terrible that heaven glory
' ; cf. 14. Children of earth :
and earth will be affrighted, and even cf. 100^ 101^ (note). Have no peace :
the holy angels will seek to hide cf. 94^ (note). 4—CIV. 9. The
themselves from it. What then will discussion and condemnation of the
become sinners ? 1. A grievous Sadducean views of the future life.
fire, i. e. the fire of hoU ; cf. 99". 4, 5. The righteous are bidden to be
His word, i. e. word of judgement. of good cheer though their life be such
3. The + angels shall execute their as only sinners deserved, and their
commandsf- The text is against the latter end be full of giief (vv. 4, 5).
parallelism and is clearly here corrupt. 4. Ye that have died (»», cfhiklii lU).