1 Enoch 53

There mine eyes saw a deep valley with open mouths, and all who dwell on the earth and sea and islands shall bring to him gifts and presents and tokens of homage, but that deep valley shall not become full.

Then I looked and turned myself to another part of the earth, where I beheld a deep valley burning with fire.

And there my eyes saw a deep valley, whose mouth was open, and all tliose who dwell upon the earth and sea and islands will bring him gifts and presents and tokens of submission, but that deep valley will not be filled.

And their hands commit lawless deeds, And the sinners devour all whom they lawlessly oppress: Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of the Lord of Spirits, And they shall be banished from off the face of His earth, And they shall perish for ever and ever.

To this valley they brought monarchs and the mighty.

And they commit crimes with their hands, and everything they make they devour criminally, they, the sinners ; but they will be destroyed in the presence of the Lord of the spirits, they, the sinners, and will be chased from off tlie face of his earth continually to all eternity.

For I saw all the angels of punishment abiding (there) and preparing all the instruments of Satan^a.

And there my eyes beheld the instruments which they were making, fetters of iron without weight. [^l1]

For I have seen the angels of punishment, going and preparing all the instruments for Satan.

And I asked the angel of peace who went with me: 'For whom are they preparing these instruments?'

Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who proceeded with me, saying, For whom are these fetters and instruments prepared?

And I asked the angel of peace who went with me : "• Tliese instruments, for wliom have they been prepared ? "

And he said unto me: 'They prepare these for the kings and the mighty of this earth, that they may thereby be destroyed.

He replied, These are prepared for the host of Azazeel, that they may be delivered over and adjudged to the lowest condemnation; and that their angels may be overwhelmed with hurled stones, as the Lord of' spirits has commanded.

And he said to me : " These are prepared for the kings and the mighty of this earth that they be destroyed with them.

And after this the Righteous and Elect One shall cause the house of his congregation to appear: henceforth they shall be no more hindered in the name of the Lord of Spirits.

Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel shall be strengthened in that day, and shall then cast them into a furnace of blazing fire, that the Lord of spirits may be avenged of them for their crimes; because they became ministers of Satan, and seduced those who dwell upon earth.

And after this tlie Just and Chosen One will cause the house of his congregation to appear ; henceforth it will not be hindered in the name of the Lord of the spirits.

And these mountains shall not stand as the earth before his righteousness, But the hills shall be as a fountain of water, And the righteous shall have rest from the oppression of sinners.'

In those days shall punishment go forth from the Lord of spirits; and the receptacles of water which are above the heavens shall be opened, and the fountains likewise, which are under the heavens and under the earth.

And these mountains will be in his presence like the earth, and the hills will be like a fountain of water, and the just will rest from the oppression of the sinners."

(not present in Charles 1917)

All the waters, which are in the heavens and above them, shall be mixed together.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

The water which is above heaven shall be the agent; [^l1]

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

And the water which is under the earth shall be the recipient [^l2]: and all shall be destroyed who dwell upon earth, and who dwell under the extremities of heaven.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

By these means shall they understand the iniquity which they have committed on earth: and by these means shall they perish.

(not present in Schodde 1882)