People’s Open Bible
1 Enoch 54
Kings Thrown into Burning Valley
Open in the reader →1I turned and went toward another region of the earth. There I saw a deep valley with fire burning in it.
2They brought the kings and the mighty and cast them into that deep valley.
3And there my eyes saw their instruments, as they were making iron chains without measure.
4And I asked the angel of peace who went with me, saying, “These chains of the instruments—for whom are they being prepared?”
5He said to me, “These are prepared for the host of Azazel, so that they may be handed over and cast into that condemnation. Crooked stones will cover their jaws, as the Lord of Spirits commanded.”
6Michael, Gabriel, Rufael and Phanuel will seize them on that great day and cast them into the burning furnace on that day, so that the Lord of Spirits may take vengeance on them for their wrongdoing, because they belonged to Satan and led astray those who dwell on dry land.
7And in those days the punishment from the Lord of Spirits will come, and all the storehouses of the waters that are above the heavens [and the fountains that are beneath the heavens] and those beneath the earth will be opened.
8And they will be joined together.
9All who dwell on dry land and all who dwell beneath the ends of heaven will be wiped out.
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