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The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 34

1 min 2 verses The Forgotten Books of Eden, 1928, after the Morfill translation (public domain). This is the shorter recension.

Worthless seed has come up not fearing God and rejecting both the commandments and the yoke.

T1🔗hey have rejected my commandments and my yoke, worthless seed has come up, not fearing God, and they would not bow down to me, but have begun to bow down to vain gods, and denied my unity, and have laden the whole earth with untruths, offences, abominable lecheries, namely one with another, and all manner of other unclean wickedness, which are disgusting to relate.

2🔗 And therefore I will bring down a deluge upon the earth and will destroy all men, and the whole earth will crumble together into great darkness.

Commentary

In brief

The chapter recounts how people reject the commandments and yoke, produce worthless seed that does not fear God, bow to vain gods, deny unity, and load the earth with untruths, offences and abominable lecheries, so a deluge will destroy all men as the earth crumbles into great darkness.

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Worthless seed has come up not fearing God and rejecting both the commandments and the yoke.

2

They would not bow down but have begun to bow to vain gods and have denied unity.

3

The whole earth has been laden with untruths, offences, and abominable lecheries one with another.

4

All manner of other unclean wickedness fills the earth in forms disgusting even to relate.

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A deluge will destroy all men as the whole earth crumbles together into great darkness.

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