3 For I saw all the angels of punishment abiding (there) and preparing all the instruments of Satan. (ENO) 4 And I asked the angel of peace who went with me: ‘For whom are they preparing these instruments?’ (ENO) 5 And he said unto me: ‘They prepare these for the kings and the mighty of this earth, that they may thereby be destroyed. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 53:3–5
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Book of Enoch 54:3–5
3 And there mine eyes saw how they made these their instruments, iron chains of immeasurable weight. (ENO) 4 And I asked the angel of peace who went with me, saying: ‘For whom are these chains being prepared?’ (ENO) 5 And he said unto me: ‘These are being prepared for the hosts… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 56:1–3
1 And I saw there the hosts of the angels of punishment going, and they held scourges and chains of iron and bronze. (ENO) 2 And I asked the angel of peace who went with me, saying: ‘To whom are these who hold the scourges going?’ (ENO) 3 And he said unto me: ‘To their elect and… (ENO)
2 Esdras 2:43–45
43 In the midst of them, there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and he was more exalted than they were. I marveled greatly at this. (WEB) 44 So I asked the angel, and said, “What are these, my Lo… (WEB)
Book of Enoch 60:23–25
23 And these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous. (ENO) 24 And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: ‘These two monsters, prepared conformably to the greatness of God, shall feed . . . (ENO) 25 When the punishment of the Lord of Spirits shall rest upon them, i… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 66:1–2
1 And after that he showed me the angels of punishment who are prepared to come and let loose all the powers of the waters which are beneath in the earth in order to bring judgement and destruction on all who [abide and] dwell on the earth. (ENO) 2 And the Lord of Spiri… (ENO)
Zechariah 6:3–5
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Book of Enoch 43:2–4
2 And I saw how they are weighed in a righteous balance according to their proportions of light: (I saw) the width of their spaces and the day of their appearing, and how their revolution produces lightning: and (I saw) their revolution according to the number… (ENO) 3 … (ENO)
Book of Enoch 52:2–4
2 There mine eyes saw all the secret things of heaven that shall be, a mountain of iron, and a mountain of copper, and a mountain of silver, and a mountain of gold, and a mountain of soft metal, and a mountain of lead. (ENO) 3 And I asked the angel who went with me, say… (ENO)
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