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

Sect. II.] Chapters LIII. 4 — LIV. 7. 145
earth and saw there a deep valley with burning' fire. 2.
And they brought the kings and the mighty and put them
into this deep valley. 3. And then mine eyes saw how
they made instruments for them, iron chains of immeasurable
weight. 4. And I asked the angel of peace who was with
me, saying :
' These chain instruments for whom are they
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prepared ?' 5. And he said unto me : These are prepared
for the hosts of Azazel so that they may take them and cast
them into the abyss of complete condemnation, and cover
their jaws with rough stones as the Lord of Spirits com-
manded. 6. Michael, Gabriel, Rufael and Fanuel will take
hold of them on that great day and cast them on that day
into a burning furnace, that the Lord of Spirits may take
vengeance on them for their unrighteousness in becoming
subject to Satan and leading astray those who dwell on the
earth. [7. And in those days will punishment come from
LIV. 2. Into this deep valley. SoGMTIfK Din. 'Into the
deep valley/ 3. How they made instruments for them, iron
chains. For Htn>aD4tlF* G reads Hm>gvO&WaP\ 5. Cover
their jaws. So G ^h^*J- in subj. as preceding verb. Other MSS.
and Din. read £h.£J. 'they will cover/ 6. Will take hold
of them on that great day and cast them on that day into
a burning furnace. For 0"Hi M^l H&&& GM read
0"M; H&i&& and omit 'cast them/ but wrongly, as their
reading of (DCD-ftf instead of Clat-llt (Din.) implies a second verb.
For a like possible confusion of (I and CO see next verse (Grit.
on the north-east of Jerusalem to the who execute the first judgment upon
valley of Hinnom lying to the south them. 6. The final judgment on
of it. A deep valley : see xlviii. 9 the watchers. On that great day
(note). 3-5. The pre-Messianic see xlv. 2 (note). Observe that in the
judgment of the watchers in ver. 5 Similitudes the guilt of the watchers
is that described at length in x-xvi. originated in their becoming subjects
The abyss of complete condemna- of Satan : see xl. 7 (note) ; Book of
tion is not Gehenna but only the Jubilees x. Burning furnace : cf.
preliminary place of punishment : cf. x. 6 ; xviii. 1 1 ; xxi. 7-10 ; xc. 24,
x. 5, 12. We are not told by whom 25. This is to be distinguished from
the chains are forged for the fallen Gehenna. 7-LV. 2. This digres-
angels, nor yet who are the agents sion on the first world-judgment is