WATCHMAN33
Three southern and three eastern gateways open around Enoch as winds, rain, drought, and destruction cross the horizon.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES

1 ENOCH 36

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Enoch 36 — Enoch completes his circuit of the portals and sees the winds that bring blessing and destruction.

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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 36:1–4
Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
  1. 1And from thence I went to the south to the ends of the earth, and saw there three open portals of the heaven: and thence there come dew, rain, †and wind†.
  2. 2And from thence I went to the east to the ends of the heaven, and saw here the three eastern portals of heaven open and small portals above them.
  3. 3Through each of these small portals pass the stars of heaven and run their course to the west on the path which is shown to them.
  4. 4And as often as I saw I blessed always the Lord of Glory, and I continued to bless the Lord of Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to the angels and to spirits and to men, that they might praise His work and all His creation: that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands and bless Him for ever. THE PARABLES. XXXVII-LXXI.

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