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The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 125 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter XCV

XCV. Enoch's Grief: fresh Woes against the Sinners . CHAPTER XCV. 1. Oh that mine eyes were [ a cloud of ] waters That I might weep over you, And pour down my tears as a cloud †of† waters: That so I might rest from my trouble of heart! 2. †Who has permitted you to practice reproaches and wickedness? And so judgement shall overtake you, sinners. † 3. Fear not the sinners, ye righteous; For again will the Lord deliver them into your hands, That ye may execute judgement upon them according to your desires. 4. Woe to you who fulminate anathemas which cannot be reversed: Healing shall therefore be far from you because of your sins. 5. Woe to you who requite your neighbour with evil; For ye shall be requited according to your works. 6. Woe to you, lying witnesses, And to those who weigh out injustice, For suddenly shall ye perish. 7. Woe to you, sinners, for ye persecute the righteous; For ye shall be delivered up and persecuted because of injustice, And heavy shall its yoke be upon you.
Themes
Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The text asserts that God actively orders the unfolding of events to ensure judgment falls upon the wicked.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The Lord is depicted as an active agent who delivers sinners into the hands of the righteous.

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Prayerpraxis

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The opening lines express a lament and petition ('Oh that mine eyes were...') directed toward the divine.

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Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

[auto] The passage centrally focuses on divine judgment overtaking sinners and the righteous executing judgment upon them.

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Related passages · 4 parallels
gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST†
Let them not rejoice at me, those who are enemies unto me in violence, those who hate me without a cause, and they are winking with their eyes. Because I indeed, they are wont to speak with me in words of peace, and they are [87 ] wont to…”
Both passages express a plea for justice and deliverance from wrongdoing, with a focus on the righteous being vindicated and the sinners being punished. They share a theme of divine intervention and the ultimate triumph of righteousness over evil.
gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST‹
This is the work of those who slander with the Lord and those who say contrary to lawful (things) against my soul. But thou, O Lord, do mercy with me because of thy name. Save me because I am poor and I am miserable: my heart was disturbe…”
Both passages express a plea for divine intervention and justice against wrongdoers. They share themes of suffering, repentance, and the hope for redemption, though they come from different mystical traditions.
gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document SECONDt
O Lord, my God, if I did this (thing) if there is violence in my hands, if I repaid to those who repaid to me evil (things), may I perish by my enemy, being empty: and may my enemies persecute my soul and seize it: and trample my life down…”
Both passages express themes of divine judgment, the righteous being persecuted by the wicked, and the eventual triumph of righteousness. They share a common mystical concern with the moral order and divine intervention, though they come from different traditions.
greek_mystery|Orphic Hymns|Hymn LXIX. THE FURIES
LXIX. TO THE FURIES. The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. HEAR me, illustrious Furies, mighty nam'd, Terrific pow'rs, for prudent counsel fam'd; Holy and pure, from Jove terrestrial born And Proserpine, whom lovely locks adorn: Whose piercing sig…”
Both passages address the theme of divine punishment for wrongdoing. The Orphic Hymn invokes the Furies, who punish the impious, while the passage from Enoch warns sinners of impending judgement and retribution.