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The Book of Enoch · 96 of 109
Chapter XCV. Enoch’s Grief, Woes against Sinners
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.
Asked of Guide
Why does Enoch wish his eyes were “a cloud of waters” to weep for sinners?
Enoch uses the image “a cloud of waters” to express an overwhelming, communal grief that fills and spills over; he wants to weep so fully that his tears become a kind of cleansing deluge for the people he laments. The phrase ties his personal sorrow to divine mourning—his weeping accompanies the coming judgment he predicts, so compassion and prophetic denunciation arrive together.
The chapter pairs that lament with a string of woes against specific sins—false witnesses, injustice, persecutors—showing grief aimed at moral repair rather than mere pity. This echoes Jeremiah’s prophetic laments, where sorrow for the city and pronouncements of judgment coexist as a call to repentance.
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