64 But they shall not know it, and thou shalt not declare it to them, nor admonish them, but only record against each individual all the destruction which the shepherds effect each in his time and lay it all before me.’ (ENO) 65 And I saw till those shepherds pastured in their season, and they began to slay and to destroy more than they were bidden, and they delivered those sheep into the hand of the lions. (ENO) 66 And the lions and tigers eat and devoured the greater part of those sheep, and the wild boars eat along with them; and they burnt that tower and demolished that house. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 89:64–66
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Book of Enoch 89:54–56
54 And after that I saw that when they forsook the house of the Lord and His tower they fell away entirely, and their eyes were blinded; and I saw the Lord of the sheep how He wrought much slaughter amongst them in their herds until those sheep invited that slau… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 89:73–75
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Book of Enoch 89:59–61
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Book of Enoch 89:69–71
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Book of Enoch 90:7–9
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Book of Enoch 90:16–18
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Book of Enoch 90:3–5
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Book of Enoch 89:41–43
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