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[Enoch's Journeys through the Earth and Sheol. The Purpose of the Accursed Valley.]
[1] Then said I: For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley [E: between]?
[2] [E: Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and said: This] accursed valley is for those who are accursed for ever: Here shall all [Gg: the accursed] be gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things. [E: Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be their place of judgement,]
[3] In the last days there shall be upon them the spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the righteous for ever: here shall the merciful bless the Lord of glory, the Eternal King. [Gg: Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be the place of their habitation,] In the last times, in the days of the true judgement in the presence of the righteous for ever: here shall the godly bless the Lord of Glory, the Eternal Kin.
[4] In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless Him for the mercy in accordance with which He has assigned them (their lot),
[5] Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and set forth His [Gg: glory] and lauded Him gloriously.
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