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The Book of Enoch · 16 of 109

Chapter XVI

1.From the days of the slaughter and destruction and death [of the giants], from the souls of whose flesh the spirits, having gone forth, shall destroy without incurring judgement—thus shall they destroy until the day of the consummation, the great [judgement] in which the age shall be consummated, over the Watchers and the godless, yea, shall be wholly consummated.”

2.And now as to the Watchers who have sent thee to intercede for them, who had been [aforetime] in heaven, (say to them): “You have been in heaven, but [all] the mysteries had not yet been revealed to you, and you knew worthless ones, and these in the hardness of your hearts you have made known to the women, and through these mysteries women and men work much evil on earth.”

4.Say to them therefore: “You have no peace.”’

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Why are the Watchers denied peace and blamed for teaching 'mysteries' to women and men?

The chapter says the Watchers learned ‘‘mysteries’’ in heaven and then revealed them ‘‘in the hardness of your hearts,’’ making those secrets known to women and men who used them to do ‘‘much evil on earth.’’ That disclosure links their guilt to visible consequences—the slaughter, destruction, and the spirits that ‘‘shall destroy without incurring judgement’’ until the final consummation.

The text issues a direct verdict: ‘‘You have no peace,’’ because their heavenly knowledge became a source of corruption and violence among humans. This echoes themes in Revelation about angels and cosmic judgment and anticipates later Jewish writings that treat forbidden knowledge as the root of moral collapse.

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