1 Enoch Chapter 9: Modernized English & Source Wording

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¹ And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed on the earth, and all lawlessness being done on the earth.

² And they said one to another: ‘The earth made †without inhabitant cries the voice of their cryings† up to the gates of heaven.

³ And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their appeal, saying, “Bring our cause before the Most High.”’

⁴ And they said to the Lord of the ages: ‘Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Your glory (stands) to all the generations of the ages, and Your name holy and glorious and blessed to all the ages!

⁵ You have made all things, and power over all things have you: and all things are naked and open in Your sight, and You see all things, and nothing can hide itself from You.

⁶ You see what Azâzêl has done, who has taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which men were striving to learn:

⁷ And Semjâzâ, to whom You have given authority to bear rule over his associates.

⁸ And they have gone to the daughters of men on the earth, and have slept with the women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins.

⁹ And the women have borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness.

¹⁰ And now, look, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are done on the earth.

¹¹ And You know all things before they happen, and You see these things and You do suffer them, and You do not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.’