96 HANOCH  - ENOCH 96

Hope for the Righteous Ones, More Woes for the Sinners

96:1   “Be hopeful, you righteous ones, for the sinners shall soon perish from before your presence.   You shall be given authority upon them, such authority as you may wish to have.”

96:2   “In the day of the tribulation of the sinners, your children shall be raised high up and be made openly visible like eagles, higher than the vultures will your dwelling place be, you shall ascend and enter the crevices of the earth and the clefts of the rock forever, like squirrels, before the face of the oppressors, the sirens shall be blown over you, wailing like the buzzing of wild bees.”

96:3   “But you, who have experienced pain, fear not, for there shall be a healing medicine for you, a bright light shall enlighten you, and a voice of rest you shall hear from heaven.”

96:4   “Woe unto you, you sinners! For your money makes you appear like the righteous, but your hearts do reprimand you like real sinners, this very matter shall be a witness against you, as a record of your evil deeds.”

96:5   “Woe unto you who eat the best bread! And drink wine in large bowls, trampling upon the weak people with your might.”

96:6   “Woe unto you who have water available to you all the time, for soon you shall be consumed and wither away, for you have forsaken the fountain of life.”

96:7   “Woe unto you who carry out oppression, deceit, and blasphemy! There shall be a record of evil against you.”

96:8   “Woe unto you, O powerful people! You who coerce the righteous with your power, the day of your destruction is coming! In those days, at the time of your condemnation, many and good days shall come for the righteous ones.”