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the sword, and were destroyed from the earth. But their fathers looked on, and after that were bound in the abysses of the earth till the day of the great judgment”; cf. En. 12:6; 14:6; 87:1; 88:2. From men, i.e. born of men.—10. The petition of the fallen angels is in vain, 12:6; 13:4 sqq.; 14:4, 7. Eternal life, ie. long life, as the ive hundred shows.—11. Michael, as the greatest of the angels, is to punish Semjaza and the rest of the fallen, with the exception of Azazel—12. This punishment consists in first seeing the destruction of their children, and then being bound under the hills for seventy generations; cf. note on verse 4 and chap. 91 and 93. The idea here expressed does not require to be derived from the Greek fables of the Titans, but could very easily ave been deduced by a Hebrew mind from passages like Job xi. 8; xxvi. 5; cf. Isa. xiii. 16. This punishment is exceptionally heavy, as the family-ties were especially strong among the Jews.—13. Abyss of fire, 90:25, 26. The final punishment is eternal, 14:4, 5; 22:11; 25:4; 27:3, etc.; cf. Jude 6; 2 Pet. ii. 4—15. Souls of lust, 67:8, 10; and both the angels and the women are meant; cf. 19:2.—16. The plant of righteousness _is the people of Israel; cf. 93: 2, 5, 8, 10, a term frequently found in apocryphal writings. The picture here gradually blends into a portrait of the Messianic times.—17. Long life was one of the greatest blessings in the Old Testament; cf. note on 5:7, and En. 25:5, 6; 58:3, 6; 71:17, etc. Sabbath, the last years of their lives, as the Sabbath is the ast and resting-day of the week. A numerous progeny was also a great blessing; cf. Deut. xxviii. 4; Ps. cxxviii. 3; Prov. xvii. 6; and barrenness a result of sin, En. 98:5.—18. Cf. Hos. xiv. 8; Amos ix. 14; Jer. xxi. 5; Ixv. 21; Ezek. xxviii. 26, etc. This is the opposite from the condition pictured chap. 8 and 9. Justice is always joined with the happy time of the future; cf. note on 5:8.—19. The Old Testament frequently refers to the vine and the olive and fruitfulness as a source of blessing in the reign of the Messiah; cf. Amos ix. 13; Hos. ii. 22, 23; Isa. xxx. 23-25; Ezek. xxxiv. 26, 27; xxxvi. 8, 29, 30; Zech. viii. 12; Ps. lxxii. 16, and especially Isa. v. 10, of which this verse is an imitation; cf. also Harnack on Papias Frag., p. 87.—20. This refers to the deluge.—21. A sudden transition to the times of the Messiah, containing a well-known hope frequently expressed by the Old Testament prophets. In 90:37 the same is said of the Messiah, and in the Parables chap. 57.—22. Cf. Gen. ix. 11, 15. Sin; cf. note on 5:8. Cuap. 11, 1 Is simply a combination of the preceding; cf. Deut. xxviii. 12. The idea that there are store-rooms or receptacles for things good and bad runs through the whole book.—2. Cf. Ps. Ixxxv. 10; Isa. .a4n xxii. 17. SECTION III. Cuap. 12.—And previous to all these things Enoch was hidden, and not one of the children of men knew where he was hidden, and where he was, and what had become of him. 2. And all his deeds were with the holy ones and with the watchers in his days. 3. And I, Enoch, was praising the great Lord and the King of the world, and, behold, the watchers called to me, Enoch, the scribe, and said to me: 4. “Enoch, thou scribe of justice, go, called to me, Enoch, the scribe, and said to me: 4. “Enoch, thou scribe of justice, go, announce to the watchers of heaven, who have left the high heaven and the holy, eternal place, and have contaminated themselves with women, and have done as the children of men do, and have taken to themselves wives, and are contaminated in great contamination upon the earth. 5. But upon earth they shall have no peace, nor forgiveness of sin; for they will not enjoy their children. 6. They will see the murder of their beloved ones, and they will lament over the destruction of their children, and will petition to eternity, but mercy and peace will Cuap. 13.—And Enoch, departing, said to Az4zél: “Thou wilt have no peace; a great condemnation has come upon thee, and he [i-e. Rufael, cf. 10:4] will bind thee; 2. and not be unto them.” alleviation and intercession and mercy will not be unto thee, because thou hast taught