1 Enoch 80:3
Study resource: not ScriptureR. H. Charles translation (1917) · public domain
And in those times the fruits of the earth shall be backward, And shall not grow in their time, And the fruits of the trees shall be withheld in their time.
This verse’s chapter, studied
When the Stars Are Mistaken for Gods
Uriel tells Enoch that in the days of sinners the fixed order will break down: years will shorten, harvests will fail, rain will be withheld, and the moon and stars will drift from their appointed places. The disorder will be so great that people on earth will misread the signs entirely and "take them to be gods." The chapter ends warning that evil and punishment will be multiplied because of it.
- Deuteronomy 4:19 : Moses warns against being "driven to worship" the sun, moon, and stars: the exact error this chapter says will spread when the sky's order is hidden from sinners.
- Matthew 24:29 : "The stars shall fall from heaven" as an end-time sign stands beside this chapter's picture of the luminaries abandoning their appointed courses.
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.