Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Enoch (Biblical figure); Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
12. All who sleep not above in heaven shall bless Him:
All the holy ones who are in heaven shall bless him,
And all the elect who dwell in the garden of life:
And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and
extol, and hallow Thy blessed name,
And all flesh shall beyond measure glorify and bless Thy name for
ever and ever.
13. For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is
long-suffering,
And all His works and all that He has created
He has revealed to the righteous and elect,
In the name of the Lord of Spirits.’
LXII. _Judgement of the Kings and the Mighty: Blessedness of the
Righteous._
LXII. 1. And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and the
exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said: ‘Open your eyes and
lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the Elect One.’
2. And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His glory,
And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him,
And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners,
And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
3. And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the
mighty,
And the exalted and those who hold the earth,
And they shall see and recognize
How he sits on the throne of his glory,
And righteousness is judged before him,
And no lying word is spoken before him.
4. Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail,
[And she has pain in bringing forth]
When her child enters the mouth of the womb,
And she has pain in bringing forth.
5. And one portion of them shall look on the other,
And they shall be terrified,
And they shall be downcast of countenance,
And pain shall seize them,
When they see that Son of Man
Sitting on the throne of his glory.
6. And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth shall
bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who was hidden.
7. For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden,
And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might,
And revealed him to the elect.
8. And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown,
And all the elect shall stand before him on that day.
9. And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those who
rule the earth
Shall fall down before him on their faces,
And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him and supplicate for mercy at his hands.
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