Book of Enoch Henok

158 ENOCH.
judgment, when you shall hear the words of the
prayer of the righteous ?
3. You are not like them who in this respect
witness against you ;
you are associates of sinners.
4. In those days shall the prayers of the righteous
come up before the Lord. When the day of your
judgment shall arrive; and every circumstance of
your iniquity be related before the great and the
holy One
5. Your faces shall be covered with shame; while
every deed, strengthened by crime, shall be rejected.
6. Woe unto you, sjnners, who in the midst of
the sea, and on dry land, are those against whom an
Woe to you who squander silver
evil record exists.
and gold, not obtained in righteousness, and say,
We are rich, possess wealth, and have acquired
everything which we can desire.
7. Now then will we do whatsoever we are disposed
to do ; for we have amassed silver ;
our barns
are full, and the husbandmen of our families are
like overflowing water.^
8. Like water shall your falsehood pass away ;
for your wealth will not be permanent, but shall
suddenly ascend from you, because you have
obtained it all iniquitously ; to extreme malediction
shall you be delivered up.
9. And now I swear to you, ye crafty, as well as
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like much water.