1 Enoch Chapter 39: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ [And it †will happen in those days that elect and holy children †will descend from the high heaven, and their seed† will become one with the human beings.

² And in those days Enoch received books of zeal and anger, and books of disquiet and expulsion.] And mercy will not be accorded to them, says the Lord of Spirits.

³ And in those days a whirlwind carried me off from the earth, And set me down at the end of the heavens.

⁴ And there I saw another vision, the dwelling-places of the holy, And the resting-places of the righteous.

⁵ Here my eyes saw their dwellings with His righteous angels, And their resting-places with the holy. And they petitioned and interceded and prayed for the human beings, And righteousness flowed before them as water, And mercy like dew on the earth: Thus it is among them forever and ever.

^6a And in that place my eyes saw the chosen One of righteousness and of faith,

^7a And I saw his dwelling-place under the wings of the Lord of Spirits.

^6b And righteousness will prevail in his days, And the righteous and elect will be without number before Him forever and ever.

^7b And all the righteous and elect before Him will be †strong† as fiery lights, And their mouth will be full of blessing, And their lips extol the name of the Lord of Spirits, And righteousness before Him will never fail, [And uprightness will never fail before Him.]

⁸ There I wished to dwell, And my spirit longed for that dwelling-place: And there heretofore has been my portion, For so has it been established concerning me before the Lord of Spirits.

⁹ In those days I praised and extolled the name of the Lord of Spirits with blessings and praises, because He has destined me for blessing and glory according to the good pleasure of the Lord of Spirits.

¹⁰ For a long time my eyes regarded that place, and I blessed Him and praised Him, saying: ‘Blessed is He, and may He be blessed from the beginning and forever.

¹¹ And before Him there is no ceasing. He knows before the world was created what is forever and what will be from generation to generation.

¹² Those who sleep not bless You: they stand before Your glory and bless, praise, and extol, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Spirits: He fills the earth with spirits.”’

¹³ And here my eyes saw all those who sleep not: they stand before Him and bless and say: ‘Blessed be You, and blessed be the name of the Lord forever and ever.’

¹⁴ And my face was changed; for I could no longer see.