1 Enoch

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Chapter 50

1 And in those days a change shall take place for the holy and elect, and the light of days shall remain upon them, and glory and honor shall turn to the holy, 2 On the day of affliction when evil shall have been stored up against the sinners.⁠ And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of the Lord of Spirits: And He will cause the others to witness this so that they may repent and abandon the works of their hands. 3 They shall have no honor through the name of the Lord of Spirits, yet through His name they shall be saved, and the Lord of Spirits will have compassion on them, for His compassion is great.⁠ 4 And He is righteous also in His judgment, and in the presence of His glory unrighteousness also shall not sustain itself: At His judgment the unrepentant shall perish before Him. 5 And from now on I will have no mercy on them, says the Lord of Spirits.

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Compare Isaiah 54:7 and 1 Enoch 50:3

Hebrew Bible · Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses

Summary

Isaiah 54 describes divine mercy and compassion after a period of rejection and abandonment. 1 Enoch 50 alludes to this when portraying mercy shown during judgment, including Gentiles who receive honor in the presence of the Lord of Spirits.

Passages

Isaiah 54:7

Hebrew Bible

6 “Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God. 7 “For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8 In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your Protector, the Lord. 9 “As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.

740–450 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Isaiah

1 Enoch 50:3

Pseudepigrapha, Apocalypses

2 On the day of affliction when evil shall have been stored up against the sinners. And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of the Lord of Spirits: And He will cause the others to witness this so that they may repent and abandon the works of their hands. 3 They shall have no honor through the name of the Lord of Spirits, yet through His name they shall be saved, and the Lord of Spirits will have compassion on them, for His compassion is great. 4 And He is righteous also in His judgment, and in the presence of His glory unrighteousness also shall not sustain itself: At His judgment the unrepentant shall perish before Him.

300 BCE – 100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Enoch

References

"... That these gentiles are saved in the name of the Lord of Spirits (verse 3h) indicates that they have the same status as the righteous mentioned in 48:7e, as is also indicated by their receipt of 'honor' in the presence of the Lord of Spirits. For God's mercy in the context of judgment, see 1 Enoch 1:8; 5:6. For mercy as a quality that the messianic king shows to the gentiles, see Psalms of Solomon 17:34: 'he will have mercy on all the nations (that stand) before him in fear' ... On God's mercies as 'great' see Isaiah 54:7 ..."

George W. E. Nickelsburg, A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 37-82 (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2012), 182–183.

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1 Enoch108 chapters

Compare Isaiah 54:7 and 1 Enoch 50:3

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Passages

Isaiah 54:7

1 Enoch 50:3

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