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[1] In those days Uriel answered and said to me, Behold, I have showed thee all things, O Enoch;
[2] And all things have I revealed to thee. Thou seest the sun, the moon, and those which conduct the stars of heaven, which cause all their operations, seasons, and arrivals to return.
[3] In the days of sinners the years shall be shortened.
[4] Their seed shall be backward in their prolific soil; and everything done on earth shall be subverted, and disappear in its season. The rain shall be restrained, and heaven shall stand still.
[5] In those days the fruits of the earth shall be late, and not flourish in their season; and in their season the fruits of the trees shall be withholden.
[6] The moon shall change its laws, and not be seen at its proper period. But in those days shall heaven be seen; and barrenness shall take place in the borders of the great chariots in the west. Heaven shall shine more than when illuminated by the orders of light; while many chiefs among the stars of authority shall err, perverting their ways and works.
[7] Those shall not appear in their season, who command them, and all the classes of the stars shall be shut up against sinners.
[8] The thoughts of those who dwell on earth shall transgress within them; and they shall be perverted in all their ways.
[9] They shall transgress, and think themselves gods; while evil shall be multiplied among them.
[10] And punishment shall come upon them, so that all of them shall be destroyed.
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