Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Enoch (Biblical figure); Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
9. And we pass away from before His face on account of our works,
And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.’
10. Now they will say unto themselves: ‘Our souls are full of
unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending from the
midst thereof into the †burden† of Sheol.’
11. And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness
And shame before that Son of Man,
And they shall be driven from his presence,
And the sword shall abide before his face in their midst.
12. Thus spake the Lord of Spirits: ‘This is the ordinance and judgement
with respect to the mighty and the kings and the exalted and those who
possess the earth before the Lord of Spirits.’
LXIV. _Vision of the fallen Angels in the Place of Punishment._
LXIV. 1. And other forms I saw hidden in that place. 2. I heard the
voice of the angel saying: ‘These are the angels who descended to the
earth, and revealed what was hidden to the children of men, and seduced
the children of men into committing sin.’
LXV. _Enoch foretells to Noah the Deluge and his own Preservation._
LXV. 1. And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and
its destruction was nigh. 2. And he arose from thence and went to the
ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his grandfather Enoch: and Noah
said three times with an embittered voice: ‘Hear me, hear me, hear me.’
3. And I said unto him: ‘Tell me what it is that is falling out on the
earth that the earth is in such evil plight and shaken, lest perchance I
shall perish with it.’ 4. And thereupon there was a great commotion on
the earth, and a voice was heard from heaven, and I fell on my face. 5.
And Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me, and said unto me: ‘Why
hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping?
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