Here we seem to have the story of Job over again, in this prefiguration of the future.
The Ethiopian copy of the apocryphal book of Enoch contains a poem, which is prefixed to the body of that work, and which the learned author of "Nimrod" supposes to be authentic. It certainly dates from a vast antiquity. It is as follows:
"Enoch, a righteous man, who was with God, answered and spoke while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. . . .
"Upon this account I spoke, and conversed with him who will go forth from his habitation, the holy and mighty One, the God of the world.
"Who will hereafter tread upon the mountain Sinai, and appear with his hosts, and he manifested in the strength of his power from heaven.
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"All shall be afraid, and the watchers be terrified. Great fear and trembling shall seize even to the ends of the earth.
"The lofty mountains shall be troubled, and the exalted hills depressed, melting like honeycomb in the flame.
"The earth shall be immerged, and all things which are in it perish. . . .
"He shall preserve the elect, and toward them exercise clemency. . . . The whole earth is full of water."