People’s Open Bible

1 Enoch 47

Righteous Blood Answers in Heaven

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1And in those days, the prayer of the righteous and the blood of the righteous ascended from the earth before the Lord of Spirits.

2In those days the holy ones who dwell in the heights of heaven shall unite with one voice, and they shall plead and pray and praise and give thanks and bless the name of the Lord of Spirits, on account of the blood of the righteous that has been poured out, and that the prayer of the righteous may not be in vain before the Lord of Spirits, that judgment may be executed for them, and that patience may not be theirs forever.

3In those days I saw the Head of Days, as he sat on the throne of his glory, and the books of the living were opened before him; and all his host, which is in the heights of heaven, and his council stood before him.

4And the hearts of the holy ones shall be filled with joy, because the number of the righteous has drawn near, and the prayer of the righteous has been heard, and the blood of the righteous has been avenged before the Lord of Spirits.

Composed from original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Ge’ez manuscripts, rendered in multiple passes to stay as close to the originals as possible. About this project