3 And he said unto me: ‘To their elect and beloved ones, that they may be cast into the chasm of the abyss of the valley. (ENO) 4 And then that valley shall be filled with their elect and beloved, And the days of their lives shall be at an end, And the days of their leading astray shall not thenceforward be reckoned. (ENO) 5 And in those days the angels shall return And hurl themselves to the east upon the Parthians and Medes: They shall stir up the kings, so that a spirit of unrest shall come upon them, And they shall rouse them from their thrones, That they may break forth as lions from their lairs, And as hungry wolves among their flocks. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 56:3–5
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