56 HANOCH  - ENOCH 56

Malakim Of Punishment Marching, Holding Nets Of Iron And Bronze

56:1   Then I saw there an army of the malakim of punishment marching, holding nets of iron and bronze.

56:2   And I asked the malak of shalom, who was walking with me, saying to him, “To whom are they going, these who are holding the nets?”

56:3   And he said to me, “They are going to their elect and beloved ones in order that they may be cast into the crevices of the abyss of the valley.”

56:4   “Then the valley shall be filled with their elect and beloved ones; and the epoch of their lives, the era of their splendor, and the age of their leading others astray shall come to an end and shall not henceforth be reckoned.

The struggle of Yisrael with its enemies

56:5   “In those days, the angels will assemble and thrust themselves to the east at the Parthian and Medes. They will shake up the kings so that a spirit of unrest shall come upon them, and stir them up from their thrones; and they will break forth from their beds like lions and like hungry hyenas among their own flocks.”

56:6   “And they will go up and trample upon the land of MY elect ones, and the land of MY elect ones will be before them like a threshing floor or a highway.”

56:7   “But the city of MY righteous ones will become an obstacle to their horses. And they shall begin to fight among themselves; and by their own right hands they shall prevail against themselves. A man shall not recognize his brother or a son his mother, until there shall be a significant number of corpses from among them. Their punishment is indeed not in vain.”

56:8   “In those days, Sheol shall open her mouth, and they shall be swallowed up into it and perish. Thus Sheol shall swallow up the sinners in the presence of the elect ones.”