The book of Enoch : translated from Professor Dillmann's Ethiopic ...

Sect. II.] Chapter XL VI. 3, 4. 129
Son of Man who hath righteousness, with whom dwelleth
righteousness, and who reveals all the treasures of that which
is hidden, because the Lord of Spirits hath chosen him, and his
lot before the Lord of Spirits hath surpassed everything in
uprightness for ever. 4. And this Son of Man whom thou
hast seen will arouse the kings and the mighty ones from
their couches and the strong from their thrones, and will
loosen the reins of the strong and grind to powder the teeth
Similitudes. Hence, as in lii. 3, we must read A£Vftft instead of
ASXffD'lJvh^r. The error probably arose through the occurrence
xlv. 4-8 ; lxxii ; Is. xi. 3-5 ; Jer. xxiii.
5, 6). (a) He is the Righteous One
in an extraordinary sense, xxxviii. 2
(see note) ; liii. 6 : he possesses right-
eousness, and it dwells with him,
xlvi. 3, and on the ground of his
essential righteousness, xlvi. 3, has he
been chosen no less than according to
God's good pleasure, xlix. 4. (b)
Wisdom, which could find no dwellingplace
on earth, xlii, dwells in him
and the spirit of Him who giveth
knowledge, xlix. 3 : and the secrets of
wisdom stream forth from his mouth,
li. 3, and wisdom is poured out like
water before him, xlix. 1 . (c) In him
abides the spirit of power, xlix. 3, and
he possesses universal dominion, Ixii.
6. (2) He is the revealer of all
things. His appearance will be the
signal for the revelation of good and
the unmasking of evil : will bring to
light everything that is hidden, alike
the invisible world of righteousness
and the hidden world of sin, xlvi. 3
xlix. 2, 4 : and will recall to life
those that have perished on land and
sea, and those that are in Sheol and
hell, li. 1 ; lxi. 5. Evil when once
unmasked will vanish from his pre-
sence, xlix. 2. Hence all judgment
has been committed unto him, lxix.
27, and he will sit on the throne of
his glory, xlv. 3 (see note), and all
men and angels will be judged before
him, li. 2 ; lv. 4 ; lxi. 8 ; lxii. 2, 3, and
no lying utterance will be possible
before him, xlix. 4 ; lxii. 3, and by the
mere word of his mouth will he slay
the ungodly, lxii. 2. (3) He is the
Messianic champion and ruler of the
righteous. He is the stay of the
righteous, xlviii. 4, and has already
been revealed to them, lxii. : 7 he is
the avenger of their life, xlviii. 7, the
preserver of their inheritance, xlviii.
7
: he will vindicate the earth as their
possession for ever, li. 5, and establish
the community of the righteous in
unhindered prosperity, liii. 6 ; lxii. 8 :
their faces will shine with joy, li. 5,
and they will be vestured with life,
lxii. 15, and be resplendent with light,
xxxix. 7, and he will abide in closest
communion with them for ever, lxii.
14, in the immediate presence of the
Lord of Spirits, xxxix. 7, and his glory
is for ever and ever, and his might
unto all generations, xlix. 2. Hath
chosen him. Hence he is called ' the
Elect One ' : see xxxviii. 2 (note) ; xl.
4 (note). His lot . . . hath surpassed
everything in uprightness: cf.Heb.
i. 4. 4-8. Grind to powder.