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Righteous families shelter in rocky clefts beneath healing light and two rising eagles while oppressors feast across the valley.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES

1 ENOCH 96

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Enoch 96 — The afflicted receive hope, healing, and rest as wealthy oppressors face the end of their power.

About this illustration

Eagles and rock refuge are kept secondary because verse 2 is bracketed in Charles; the distant feast reflects the chapter’s wheat, wine, and oppression without showing revenge.

Passage basis: 1 Enoch 96:1–8
Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
  1. 1Be hopeful, ye righteous; for suddenly shall the sinners perish before you, And ye shall have lordship over them according to your desires.
  2. 2[And in the day of the tribulation of the sinners, Your children shall mount and rise as eagles, And higher than the vultures will be your nest, And ye shall ascend and enter the crevices of the earth, And the clefts of the rock for ever as coneys before the unrighteous, And the sirens shall sigh because of you and weep.]
  3. 3Wherefore fear not, ye that have suffered; For healing shall be your portion, And a bright light shall enlighten you, And the voice of rest ye shall hear from heaven.
  4. 4Woe unto you, ye sinners, for your riches make you appear like the righteous, But your hearts convict you of being sinners, And this fact shall be a testimony against you for a memorial of (your) evil deeds.
  5. 5Woe to you who devour the finest of the wheat, And drink wine in large bowls, And tread under foot the lowly with your might.
  6. 6Woe to you who drink water from every fountain, For suddenly shall ye be consumed and wither away, Because ye have forsaken the fountain of life.
  7. 7Woe to you who work unrighteousness, And deceit and blasphemy: It shall be a memorial against you for evil.
  8. 8Woe to you, ye mighty, Who with might oppress the righteous; For the day of your destruction is coming. In those days many and good days shall come to the righteous—in the day of your judgement.

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

These links distinguish direct quotation, explicit retelling, strong literary parallel, and broader shared tradition. A parallel does not by itself prove direct dependence.

Strong parallel

Both pronounce woes on wealthy oppressors whose riches will fail and whose violence against the righteous is remembered for judgment.

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