5 Woe to you who devour the finest of the wheat, And drink wine in large bowls, And tread under foot the lowly with your might. (ENO) 6 Woe to you who drink water from every fountain, For suddenly shall ye be consumed and wither away, Because ye have forsaken the fountain of life. (ENO) 7 Woe to you who work unrighteousness And deceit and blasphemy: It shall be a memorial against you for evil. (ENO)
Book of Enoch 96:5–7
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Book of Enoch 95:5–7
5 Woe to you who requite your neighbour with evil; For ye shall be requited according to your works. (ENO) 6 Woe to you, lying witnesses, And to those who weigh out injustice, For suddenly shall ye perish. (ENO) 7 Woe to you, sinners, for ye persecute the righteous; For ye shall… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 99:1–2
1 Woe to you who work godlessness, And glory in lying and extol them: Ye shall perish, and no happy life shall be yours. (ENO) 2 Woe to them who pervert the words of uprightness, And transgress the eternal law, And transform themselves into what they were not [into sinn… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 100:8–10
8 Woe to you, ye obstinate of heart, Who watch in order to devise wickedness: Therefore shall fear come upon you And there shall be none to help you. (ENO) 9 Woe to you, ye sinners, on account of the words of your mouth, And on account of the deeds of your hands which y… (ENO)
Book of Enoch 99:14–16
14 Woe to them who reject the measure and eternal heritage of their fathers And whose souls follow after idols; For they shall have no rest. (ENO) 15 Woe to them who work unrighteousness and help oppression, And slay their neighbours until the day of the great judgement. (ENO) 16 F… (ENO)
Amos 5:6–8
6 Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it. 7 There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground. 8 He who made the Pleiades and…
Book of Enoch 98:10–12
10 And now, know ye that ye are prepared for the day of destruction: wherefore do not hope to live, ye sinners, but ye shall depart and die; for ye know no ransom; for ye are prepared for the day of the great judgement, for the day of tribulation and great shame… (ENO)
Ezekiel 16:22–24
22 And in all your abominations and acts of prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your own blood. 23 Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness, 24 you built yoursel…
Sirach 41:7–9
7 Children will complain of an ungodly father, because they suffer disgrace because of him. (WEB) 8 Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God! (WEB) 9 If you are born, you will be born to a curse. If you die, a curse will be your portion. (WEB)
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