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Enoch stands before an immense undying fire in the west as it follows the courses of the heavenly lights.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES

1 ENOCH 23

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Enoch 23 — Enoch beholds the fire of the west that pursues the luminaries according to their appointed course.

About this illustration

This scene is a visual interpretation of the chapter in the public-domain R. H. Charles translation; visionary imagery is presented symbolically without claiming details beyond the text.

Passage basis: 1 Enoch 23:1–4
Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
  1. 1From thence I went to another place to the west of the ends of the earth.
  2. 2And I saw a 〚burning〛 fire which ran without resting, and paused not from its course day or night but (ran) regularly.
  3. 3And I asked saying: ‘What is this which rests not?’
  4. 4Then Raguel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered me 〚and said unto me〛: ‘This course ⌜of fire⌝ 〚which thou hast seen〛 is the fire in the west which †persecutes† all the luminaries of heaven.’

R. H. Charles translation (1912) · Reprinted 1917 · Public domain in the United States · Editorial brackets and uncertainty markers preserved · Source edition