The Book of the Secrets of Enoch 49
Enoch swears to his children not by any oath, neither by heaven nor by earth nor by any creature God created.
1 swear to you, my children, but I swear not by any oath, neither by heaven nor by earth, nor by any other creature which God created.
2 The Lord said: There is no oath in me, nor injustice, but truth.
3 If there is no truth in men, let them swear by the words, Yea, yea, or else, Nay, nay.
4 And I swear to you, yea, yea, that there has been no man in his mother's womb, (but that) already before, even to each one there is a place prepared for the repose of that soul, and a measure fixed how much it is intended that a man be tried in this world.
5 Yea, children, deceive not yourselves, for there has been previously prepared a place for every soul of man.
Did You Know?
Enoch swears to his children not by any oath, neither by heaven nor by earth nor by any creature God created.
The Lord said there is no oath in him, nor injustice, but truth.
Men without truth in them are told to swear only by the words yea, yea, or else nay, nay.
No man has been in his mother womb without a place already prepared for the repose of that soul.
A measure is fixed beforehand showing how much it is intended that a man be tried in this world.
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Commentary
In brief
Enoch swears to his children not by heaven, earth or any creature but by yea yea, declaring that a place for the repose of every soul is prepared before birth along with a fixed measure of trials in the world, and warns them not to deceive themselves.