1 Enoch Chapter 100: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ And in those days in one place the fathers together with their sons will be struck And brothers one with another will fall in death Till the streams flow with their blood.

² For a man will not withhold his hand from slaying his sons and his sons’ sons, And the sinner will not withhold his hand from his honored brother: From dawn till sunset they will kill one another.

³ And the horse will walk up to the breast in the blood of sinners, And the chariot will be submerged to its height.

⁴ In those days the angels will descend into the secret places And gather together into one place all those who brought down sin, And the Most High will arise on that day of judgment To execute great judgment among sinners.

⁵ And over all the righteous and holy He will appoint guardians from among the holy angels To guard them as the apple of an eye, Until He makes an end of all wickedness and all sin, And though the righteous sleep a long sleep, they have nothing to fear.

⁶ And (then) the children of the earth will see the wise in security, And will understand all the words of this book, And recognize that their riches will not be able to save them In the overthrow of their sins.

⁷ Misery to you, Sinners, on the day of strong anguish, You who afflict the righteous and burn them with fire: You will be requited according to your works.

⁸ Misery to you, you obstinate of heart, Who watch in order to devise wickedness: Why will fear come upon you And there will be none to help you.

⁹ Misery to you, you sinners, on account of the words of your mouth, And on account of the deeds of your hands which your godlessness has done, In blazing flames burning worse than fire will you burn.

¹⁰ And now, know that from the angels He will inquire as to your deeds in heaven, from the sun and from the moon and from the stars in reference to your sins because on the earth you carry out judgment on the righteous.

¹¹ And He will summon to testify against you every cloud and mist and dew and rain; for they will all be withheld because of you from descending upon you, and they will be mindful of your sins.

¹² And now give presents to the rain that it do not be withheld from descending upon you, nor yet the dew, when it has received gold and silver from you that it may descend.

¹³ When the hoar-frost and snow with their chilliness, and all the snow-storms with all their plagues fall upon you, in those days you will not be able to stand before them.