4 I have sworn unto you, ye sinners, as a mountain has not become a slave, And a hill does not become the handmaid of a woman, Even so sin has not been sent upon the earth, But man of himself has created it, And under a great curse shall they fall who commit it. (ENO) 5 And barrenness has not been given to the woman, But on account of the deeds of her own hands she dies without children. (ENO) 6 I have sworn unto you, ye sinners, by the Holy Great One, That all your evil deeds are revealed in the heavens, And that none of your deeds of oppression are covered and hidden. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 98:4–6
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