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The Book of Enoch · 38 of 109
Chapter XXXVIII. The Coming Judgement of the Wicked
1.When the congregation of the righteous shall appear,
And sinners shall be judged for their sins,
And shall be driven from the face of the earth:
2.And when the Righteous One shall appear before the eyes of the righteous,
Whose elect works hang upon the Lord of Spirits,
And light shall appear to the righteous and the elect who dwell on the earth,
Where then will be the dwelling of the sinners,
And where the resting-place of those who have denied the Lord of Spirits?
It had been good for them if they had not been born.
3.When the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed and the sinners judged,
And the godless driven from the presence of the righteous and elect,
4.From that time those that possess the earth shall no longer be powerful and exalted:
And they shall not be able to behold the face of the holy,
For the Lord of Spirits has caused His light to appear
On the face of the holy, righteous, and elect.
5.Then shall the kings and the mighty perish
And be given into the hands of the righteous and holy.
6.And thenceforward none shall seek for themselves mercy from the Lord of Spirits
For their life is at an end.
Asked of Guide
Why does the chapter say 'it had been good for them if they had not been born' about sinners?
The chapter says sinners face total exclusion when the Righteous One appears: ‘‘sinners shall be judged… and shall be driven from the face of the earth,’’ and their hiding-place is gone when ‘‘light shall appear to the righteous.’’ Saying ‘‘it had been good for them if they had not been born’’ expresses the irrevocable loss they suffer—no mercy, no place among the elect—once the secrets of the righteous are revealed and the godless are expelled.
This language frames judgment as absolute and final: kings and the mighty ‘‘shall perish’’ and none will ‘‘seek for themselves mercy’’ because ‘‘their life is at an end.’’ The tone and outcome echo Revelation’s images of the final separation between the elect and the condemned, where revelation of divine light ends all claim to power or pardon.
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