Isaiah 7:19

Hebrew Bible

15Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. 16 Look at its strength in its loins and its power in the muscles of its belly. 17 It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. 18 Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. 19 It ranks first among the works of God; the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

1 Enoch 60:7

Pseudepigrapha

5 And when the day of power, punishment, and judgment comes, which the Lord of Spirits has prepared for those who do not worship the righteous law, and for those who deny the righteous judgment, and for those who take His name in vain—that day is prepared, for the chosen a covenant, but for sinners an inquisition. 6 On that day, two great monsters were separated, a female monster named Leviathan, to dwell in the depths of the ocean over the springs of waters. 7 The male is named Behemoth, who with his chest occupies a desolate wilderness named Dûidâin, east of the garden where the chosen and righteous dwell, where my grandfather was taken up, the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of Spirits created.

 Notes and References

"... 1 Enoch 60:1-10 ... The two points of variation at the ends of the respective lines reflect linguistic usage elsewhere in the Parables' descriptions of the final judgment ... see, for example, Genesis 8:4 where the ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat; and Isaiah 11:2 with reference to the spirit of YHWH. For the negative use with reference to God's punishment, see Exodus 10:14, Isaiah 7:19; Targum Isaiah 11:2 ..."

Nickelsburg, George W. E. A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 37-82 (pp. 238-239) Fortress Press, 2012

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