People’s Open Bible

1 Enoch 39

Chosen Children Descend from Heavens

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1And it will happen in those days that the chosen and holy ones will descend from the high heaven, and their offspring will become one with the children of men.

2And in those days Enoch received books of zeal and wrath, and books of tumult and confusion; and mercy shall not be upon them, says the Lord of Spirits.

3And in those days a whirlwind of winds carried me away from the face of the earth and set me down at the end of the heavens.

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

5There my eyes saw their dwelling places with the angels of righteousness, and their resting places with the holy ones; and they were asking and pleading and praying on behalf of the children of men, and righteousness was flowing before them like water, and mercy like dew upon the earth. So it is among them forever and ever.

6And in that place my eyes saw the Chosen One of righteousness and of faith, and righteousness shall be in his days; and the righteous and the chosen will be without number before him forever and ever.

7And I saw the dwelling-place beneath the wings of the Lord of Spirits; and all the righteous and the chosen shone before him like the light of fire, and their mouths were filled with blessing, and their lips praised the name of the Lord of Spirits. And righteousness does not fail before him, and uprightness does not fail before him.

8There I desired to dwell, and my spirit longed for that dwelling place; there my portion was before, for thus it was established for me before the Lord of Spirits.

9In those days I praised and exalted the name of the Lord of Spirits with blessing and with praise, because he has strengthened me with blessing and with praise, according to the will of the Lord of Spirits.

10And my eyes saw in that place[him], and they blessed him.

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