1 Enoch 59

In those days mine eyes saw the secrets of the lightnings, and of the lights, and the judgements they execute (lit. 'their judgement'): and they lighten for a blessing or a curse as the Lord of Spirits willeth.

Then another angel, who proceeded with me, spoke to me;

And in those days my eyes saw the secrets of the lightning, and the masses of light, and their judgments ; and they flashed for a blessing and for a curse, as the Lord of the spirits desired.

And there I saw the secrets of the thunder, and how when it resounds above in the heaven, the sound thereof is heard, and he caused me to see the judgements executed on the earth, whether they be for well-being and blessing, or for a curse according to the word of the Lord of Spirits.

And showed me the first and last secrets in heaven above, and in the depths of the earth:

And there I saw the secrets of the thunder, and how when it resounds above in the heavens its sound is heard ; and they showed me the dwelling-places of the earth, and the thunder, either for peace or a blessing or for a curse, according to the word of the Lord of the spirits.

And after that all the secrets of the lights and lightnings were shown to me, and they lighten for blessing and for satisfying.]

In the extremities of heaven, and in the foundations of it, and in the receptacle of the winds.

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*He showed me* how their spirits were divided; how they were balanced; and how both the springs and the winds were numbered according to the force of their spirit.

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*He showed me* the power of the moon's light, that its power is a just one; as well as the divisions of the stars, according to their respective names;

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*That* every division is divided; that the lightning flashes;

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That its troops [^l1] immediately obey; and that a cessation takes place during thunder in continuance of its sound. Nor are the thunder and the lightning separated; neither do both of them move with one spirit; yet are they not separated.

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For when the lightning lightens, the thunder sounds, and the spirit at a proper period pauses, making an equal division between them; for the receptacle, upon which their periods depend, is *loose* as sand. [^l2] Each of them at a proper season is restrained with a bridle; and turned by the power of the spirit, which thus propels *them* according to the spacious extent of the earth.

And after that all the secrets of the luminaries and of the lightning were shown to me, as they flash for a blessing and for satisfaction. 146 THE BOOK OF ENOCH.

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The spirit likewise of the sea is potent and strong; and as a strong power causes it to ebb, [^l3] so is it driven forwards, and scattered against the mountains of the earth. The spirit of the frost has its angel; in the spirit of hail there is a good angel; the spirit of snow ceases in its strength, and a solitary spirit is in it, which ascends from it like vapour, and is called refrigeration.

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The spirit also of mist dwells with them in their receptacle; but it has a receptacle to itself; for its progress is in splendour,

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In light, and in darkness, in winter and in summer. It receptacle is bright, and an angel is *in it*.

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The spirit of dew *has* its abode in the extremities of heaven, in connection with the receptacle of rain; and its progress is in winter and in summer. The cloud produced by it, and the cloud of the mist, become united; one gives to the other*;* and when the spirit of rain is in motion from its receptacle, angels come, and opening its receptacle, bring it forth.

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When likewise it is sprinkled over all the earth, it forms an union with every kind of water on the ground; for the waters remain on the ground, because *they afford* nourishment to the earth from the Most High, who is in heaven.

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Upon this account therefore there is a regulation in the quantity of rain, [^l1] which the angels receive.

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These things I saw; all of them, even paradise. [^l2]

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