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Enoch teaches his gathered family beside one path rising through living trees and another descending past abandoned idols into smoke.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES

1 ENOCH 91

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Enoch 91 — Enoch summons his family to walk in righteousness as violence, idolatry, and apostasy move toward judgment.

About this illustration

Charles prints verses 12–17 later with the Apocalypse of Weeks, so the two paths synthesize the chapter without asserting the edition’s printed order as a narrative sequence.

Passage basis: 1 Enoch 91:1–19
Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
  1. 1‘And now, my son Methuselah, call to me all thy brothers, And gather together to me all the sons of thy mother, For the word calls me, And the spirit is poured out upon me, That I may show you everything That shall befall you for ever.’
  2. 2And thereupon Methuselah went and summoned to him all his brothers and assembled his relatives.
  3. 3And he spake unto all the children of righteousness and said: ‘Hear, ye sons of Enoch, all the words of your father, And hearken aright to the voice of my mouth; For I exhort you and say unto you, beloved: Love uprightness and walk therein.
  4. 4And draw not nigh to uprightness with a double heart, And associate not with those of a double heart, But walk in righteousness, my sons. And it shall guide you on good paths, And righteousness shall be your companion.
  5. 5For I know that violence must increase on the earth, And a great chastisement be executed on the earth, And all unrighteousness come to an end: Yea, it shall be cut off from its roots, And its whole structure be destroyed.
  6. 6And unrighteousness shall again be consummated on the earth, And all the deeds of unrighteousness and of violence And transgression shall prevail in a twofold degree.
  7. 7And when sin and unrighteousness and blasphemy And violence in all kinds of deeds increase, And apostasy and transgression and uncleanness increase, A great chastisement shall come from heaven upon all these, And the holy Lord will come forth with wrath and chastisement To execute judgement on earth.
  8. 8In those days violence shall be cut off from its roots, And the roots of unrighteousness together with deceit, And they shall be destroyed from under heaven.
  9. 9And all the idols of the heathen shall be abandoned, And the temples burned with fire, And they shall remove them from the whole earth, And they (i. e. the heathen) shall be cast into the judgement of fire, And shall perish in wrath and in grievous judgement for ever.
  10. 10And the righteous shall arise from their sleep, And wisdom shall arise and be given unto them.
  11. 11[And after that the roots of unrighteousness shall be cut off, and the sinners shall be destroyed by the sword ... shall be cut off from the blasphemers in every place, and those who plan violence and those who commit blasphemy shall perish by the sword.]
  12. 18And now I tell you, my sons, and show you The paths of righteousness, and the paths of violence. Yea, I will show them to you again, That ye may know what will come to pass.
  13. 19And now, hearken unto me, my sons, And walk in the paths of righteousness, And walk not in the paths of violence; For all who walk in the paths of unrighteousness shall perish for ever.’ XCIII, XCI. 12-17. The Apocalypse of Weeks.
  14. 12And after that there shall be another, the eighth week, that of righteousness, And a sword shall be given to it that a righteous judgement may be executed on the oppressors, And sinners shall be delivered into the hands of the righteous.
  15. 13And at its close they shall acquire houses through their righteousness, And a house shall be built for the Great King in glory for evermore,
  16. 14dAnd all mankind shall look to the path of uprightness.
  17. 14aAnd after that, in the ninth week, the righteous judgement shall be revealed to the whole world, b. And all the works of the godless shall vanish from all the earth, c. And the world shall be written down for destruction.
  18. 15And after this, in the tenth week in the seventh part, There shall be the great eternal judgement, In which He will execute vengeance amongst the angels.
  19. 16And the first heaven shall depart and pass away, And a new heaven shall appear, And all the powers of the heavens shall give sevenfold light.
  20. 17And after that there will be many weeks without number for ever, And all shall be in goodness and righteousness, And sin shall no more be mentioned for ever.

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

ANCIENT TEXT CONNECTIONS

Bible Connections

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Strong parallel

The present creation gives way to a new heaven and renewed earth where righteousness endures.

Read Isaiah 65:17 →
Strong parallel

History is divided into predetermined “weeks” that culminate in judgment and enduring righteousness.

Read Daniel 9:24–27 →
Strong parallel

The old creation or old house passes away, and a renewed heaven, earth, or greater house appears for the righteous.

Read Revelation 21:1 →
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Yet to come

The Apocalypse of Weeks

Enoch’s ten-week vision divides sacred history into ordered eras that culminate in judgment, a renewed heaven, and righteousness without end.

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