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)
Book of Enoch 56:1–2
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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 53:2–4
2 And their hands commit lawless deeds, And the sinners devour all whom they lawlessly oppress: Yet the sinners shall be destroyed before the face of the Lord of Spirits, And they shall be banished from off the face of His earth, And they shall perish for ever… (ENO) 3 … (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)
Book of Enoch 62:10–12
10 Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them That they shall hastily go forth from His presence, And their faces shall be filled with shame, And the darkness grow deeper on their faces. (ENO) 11 And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment, To execute… (ENO) 12 … (ENO)
Apocalypse of Peter 1:20–22
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2 Enoch 40:9–11
9 And I measured out the whole earth, its mountains, and all hills, fields, trees, stones, rivers, all existing things I wrote down, the height from earth to the seventh heaven, and downwards to the very lowest hell, and the judgement-place, and the very great,… (2EN)
2 Enoch 7:1–2
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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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