The book of Enoch

Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Enoch (Biblical figure); Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LXXXIX. 41-50. _From the Time of the Judges till the Building of the
                                Temple._


41. And sometimes their eyes were opened, and sometimes blinded, till
another sheep arose and led them and brought them all back, and their
eyes were opened.

42. And the dogs and the foxes and the wild boars began to devour those
sheep till the Lord of the sheep raised up [another sheep] a ram from
their midst, which led them. 43. And that ram began to butt on either
side those dogs, foxes, and wild boars till he had destroyed them †all†.
44. And that sheep whose eyes were opened saw that ram, which was
amongst the sheep, =till= it †forsook its glory† and began to butt those
sheep, and trampled upon them, and behaved itself unseemly. 45. And the
Lord of the sheep sent the =lamb= to another =lamb= and raised it to
being a ram and leader of the sheep instead of that ram which had
†forsaken its glory†. 46. And it went to it and spake to it alone, and
raised it to being a ram, and made it the prince and leader of the
sheep; but during all these things those dogs oppressed the sheep. 47.
And the first ram pursued that second ram, and that second ram arose and
fled before it; and I saw till those dogs pulled down the firsts ram.
48. And that second ram arose and led the [little] sheep. 49. And those
sheep grew and multiplied; but all the dogs, and foxes, and wild boars
feared and fled before it, and that ram butted and killed the wild
beasts, and those wild beasts had no longer any power among the sheep
and robbed them no more of aught. 48^b. And that ram begat many sheep
and fell asleep; and a little sheep became ram in its stead, and became
prince and leader of those sheep.

50. And that house became great and broad, and it was built for those
sheep: ‹and› a tower lofty and great was built on the house for the Lord
of the sheep, and that house was low, but the tower was elevated and
lofty, and the Lord of the sheep stood on that tower and they offered a
full table before Him.


LXXXIX. 51-67. _The Two Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the Destruction
                             of Jerusalem._

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The book of Enoch

Apocryphal books (Old Testament); Enoch (Biblical figure); Ethiopic book of Enoch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LXXXIX. 41-50. _From the Time of the Judges till the Building of the
                                Temple._


41. And sometimes their eyes were opened, and sometimes blinded, till
another sheep arose and led them and brought them all back, and their
eyes were opened.

42. And the dogs and the foxes and the wild boars began to devour those
sheep till the Lord of the sheep raised up [another sheep] a ram from
their midst, which led them. 43. And that ram began to butt on either
side those dogs, foxes, and wild boars till he had destroyed them †all†.
44. And that sheep whose eyes were opened saw that ram, which was
amongst the sheep, =till= it †forsook its glory† and began to butt those
sheep, and trampled upon them, and behaved itself unseemly. 45. And the
Lord of the sheep sent the =lamb= to another =lamb= and raised it to
being a ram and leader of the sheep instead of that ram which had
†forsaken its glory†. 46. And it went to it and spake to it alone, and
raised it to being a ram, and made it the prince and leader of the
sheep; but during all these things those dogs oppressed the sheep. 47.
And the first ram pursued that second ram, and that second ram arose and
fled before it; and I saw till those dogs pulled down the firsts ram.
48. And that second ram arose and led the [little] sheep. 49. And those
sheep grew and multiplied; but all the dogs, and foxes, and wild boars
feared and fled before it, and that ram butted and killed the wild
beasts, and those wild beasts had no longer any power among the sheep
and robbed them no more of aught. 48^b. And that ram begat many sheep
and fell asleep; and a little sheep became ram in its stead, and became
prince and leader of those sheep.

50. And that house became great and broad, and it was built for those
sheep: ‹and› a tower lofty and great was built on the house for the Lord
of the sheep, and that house was low, but the tower was elevated and
lofty, and the Lord of the sheep stood on that tower and they offered a
full table before Him.


LXXXIX. 51-67. _The Two Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the Destruction
                             of Jerusalem._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The book of Enoch

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