1 Enoch 27:1
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
Then said I: ‘For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley between?’
This verse’s chapter, studied
The Valley Kept for Cursing
Enoch asks about the accursed, tree-less valley beside the blessed land and learns from Uriel that it is the gathering place and judgment site for those who blaspheme the Lord with their lips. In the last days the righteous will watch that judgment and bless God for his mercy toward them, and Enoch answers with praise of his own.
- Jeremiah 7:32 : stands beside the valley of the son of Hinnom renamed the valley of slaughter
- Mark 9:44 : echoes the fire that is not quenched
- Isaiah 66:24 : stands beside the righteous looking on those who transgressed against the Lord
Teachers on this ground
R. H. Charles
The Book of Enoch (1917)
The public-domain translation this shelf reads, with the critical introduction the field still builds on.
Johnny Enlow
The Book of Enoch: Paraphrase and Commentary (2025)
A living teacher's paraphrase of the whole book with his own running commentary, from the prophetic stream.
Michael S. Heiser
A Companion to the Book of Enoch: A Reader's Commentary, Vol. I — The Book of the Watchers (2019)
A verse-by-verse reader's commentary on chapters 1–36: the closest thing in print to a study Bible for this section.