From where does evil come?
What must a good person do?
Thus says the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers. But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Judah, and from without Jerusalem. 2.21-23
For I know that the people will not hear me, for they are a people of a stiff neck: but they shall turn to their heart in the land of their captivity: And they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear. And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall be mindful of my name. 2.30-32
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that you may learn wisdom. How does it happen, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land? Thou art grown old in a strange country; thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell. Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom: For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou hadst surely dwelt in peace for ever. 3.9-13
So, do we know anything about these questions from these parts? What if we read these passages in the light of the Mosaic Torah/Law? What if we read them in light of the bits of Enoch we've read?
What do we make of this next passage, then?
There were the giants, those renowned men that were from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war. The Lord chose not them, neither did they find the way of knowledge: therefore did they perish. And because they had not wisdom, they perished through their folly. Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds? 3.26-29
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