1 Enoch 54

(not present in Charles 1917)

Afterwards the Ancient of days repented, and said, In vain have I destroyed all the inhabitants of the earth.

And I looked and turned toward another side of the earth, and I saw there a deep valley with a burning £re.

Noachic Fragment on the first World Judgement.

And he sware by his great name, *saying*, Henceforwards I will not act thus towards all those who dwell upon earth.

And they brought the kings and the powerful, and put them into the deep valley.

And there mine eyes saw how they made these their instruments, iron chains of immeasurable weight.

But I will place a sign in the heavens; [^l3] and it shall be a faithful witness [^l4] between me and them for ever, as long as the days of heaven and earth last upon the earth.

And there my eyes saw how they make instruments for them, iron chains of immense weight.

And I asked the angel of peace who went with me, saying: 'For whom are these chains being prepared?' [paragraph continues]

Afterwards, according to this my decree, when I shall be disposed to seize them beforehand, by the instrumentality of angels, in the day of affliction and trouble, my wrath and my punishment shall remain upon them, my punishment and my wrath, saith God the Lord of spirits.

And I asked the angel of peace, who went with me, saying : " These chain instruments, for whom have they been prepared ?"

And he said unto me: 'These are being prepared for the hosts of Azâzêl^a, so that they may take them and cast them into the abyss of complete condemnation, and they shall cover their jaws with rough stones as the Lord of Spirits commanded.

O ye kings, O ye mighty, who inhabit the world, you shall behold my Elect One, sitting upon the throne of my glory. And he shall judge Azazeel, all his associates, and all his hosts, in the name of the Lord of spirits.

And he said to me : " These have been prepared for the hosts of Azazel, to imprison them and put them into THE BOOK OF ENOCH. 131 the lowest hell : and their jaws will he covered with rough stones, as the Lord of the spirits has commanded.

And Michael, and Gabriel, and Raphael, and Phanuel shall take hold of them on that great day, and cast them on that day into the burning furnace, that the Lord of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their unrighteousness in becoming subject to Satan and leading astray those who dwell on the earth.' LIV. 7.-LV

There likewise I beheld hosts of angels who were moving in punishment, confined in a net-work of iron and brass. Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who proceeded with me, To whom those under confinement were going.

Michael and Gabriel, Rufael and Fanuel, they will overpower them on that great day, will throw them on that day into the oven of burning fire, that the Lord of the spirits may avenge himself on them on account of tlieir injustice, because they became subject to Satan, and have led astray those who dwell on the earth."

'And in those days shall punishment come from the Lord of Spirits, and he will open all the chambers of waters which are above the heavens, and of the fountains which are beneath the earth.

He said, To each of their elect and their beloved, that they may be cast into the fountains and deep recesses of the valley.

And in those days the punishment from the Lord of the spirits will come, and all the repositories of water, which are above in the heavens, and also the fountains of water, which are under the heavens, and which are under the eartli, will be opened.

And all the waters shall be joined with the waters: that which is above the heavens is the masculine, and the water which is beneath the earth is the feminine.

And that valley shall be filled with their elect and beloved; the days of whose life shall be consumed, but the days of their error shall be innumerable.

And all the waters will be joined with the waters which are above in the heavens ; but tlie water which is in high heaven is the - masculine, and the water which is beneath on the earth • is the feminine.

And they shall destroy all who dwell on the earth and those who dwell under the ends of the heaven.

Then shall princes combine together, and conspire. The chiefs of the east, among the Parthians and Medes, shall remove kings, in whom a spirit of perturbation shall enter. They shall hurl them from their thrones, springing as lions from their dens, and like famished wolves into the midst of the flock.

And then will be destroyed all those who dwell on tlie eartli, and those who dwell under the ends of heaven.

And when they have recognized their unrighteousness which they have wrought on the earth, then by these shall they perish.

They shall go up, and tread upon the land of their elect. The land of their elect shall be before them. The threshing-floor, the path, and the city of my righteous *people* shall impede *the progress of* their horses. They shall rise up to destroy each other; their right hand shall be strengthened; nor shall a man acknowledge his friend or his brother;

And through this they know their injustice, which they have done on the earth, and therefore they are destroyed.

(not present in Charles 1917)

Nor the son his father and his mother; until the number of the dead bodies shall be *completed*, by their death and punishment. Neither shall this take place without cause.

(not present in Schodde 1882)

(not present in Charles 1917)

In those days shall the mouth of hell be opened, into which they shall be immerged; hell shall destroy and swallow up sinners from the face of the elect.

(not present in Schodde 1882)