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The Book of Enoch

47.4 And the hearts of the Holy Ones were full of joy that the number of

righteousness had been reached, and the prayer of the righteous had been

heard, and the blood of the righteous had not been required in front of the

Lord of Spirits.

48.1 And in that place I saw an inexhaustible spring of righteousness and
many springs of wisdom surrounded it, and all the thirsty drank from them

and were filled with wisdom, and their dwelling was with the Righteous
and the Holy and the Chosen.

48.2 And at that hour that Son of Man was named, in the presence of the
Lord of Spirits, and his name brought to the Head of Days.

48.3 Even before the Sun and the constellations were created, before the

Stars of Heaven were made, his name was named in front of the Lord of

Spirits.

48.4 He will be a staff to the righteous and the Holy, so that they may lean

on him and not fall, and he will be the Light of the Nations, and he will be

the hope of those who grieve in their hearts.

48.5 All those who dwell upon the dry ground will fall down and worship

in front of him, and they will bless, and praise, and celebrate with psalms,

the name of the Lord of Spirits.

48.6 And because of this he was chosen, and hidden in front of Him, before

the World was created, and forever.

48.7 But the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits has revealed him to the Holy

and the righteous, for he has kept safe the lot of the righteous, for they have

hated and rejected this world of iniquity. And all its works and its ways

they have hated in the name of the Lord of Spirits. For in His name they

are saved and he is the one who will require their lives.

48.8 And in those days the kings of the Earth, and the strong who possess

the dry ground, will have downcast faces because of the works of their

hands, for on the day of their distress and trouble they will not save

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