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OT Pseudepigrapha
For according to the greatness of the Most High, so He made me: and like His own newness He renewed me; and He anointed me from His own perfection:
For Error flees away from it, and meets it not: but the Truth proceeds in the right path, and
And then they leave them; and then these go about like madmen corrupting: seeing that-they are without heart, nor do they seek for it!
For He set the root and watered it and fixed it and blessed it; and its fruits are for ever.
For He set the root and watered it and fixed it and blessed it; and its fruits are for ever.
For they are more swift than lightning and more rapid, and those who cross them in faith are not moved;
For the sign in them is the Lord; and the sign is the way of those who cross in the name of the Lord;
Put on, therefore, the name of the Most High, and know Him, and you shall cross without danger, for the rivers will be subject to you.
And a way has been appointed for those who cross after Him and for those who adhere to the course of faith in Him and worship His name. Hallelujah.
And a way has been appointed for those who cross after Him and for those who adhere to the course of faith in Him and worship His name. Hallelujah.
For a great day has shined upon us: and marvellous is He who has given us of His glory.
All those will be astonished that see me. For from another race am I:
For the Father of truth remembered me: He who possessed me from the beginning:
For His bounty begat me, and the thought of His heart:
That He might save souls for ever by the truth of His name: a new song arises from those who love Him. Hallelujah.
For the stretching of my hands is His sign:
For they have despised those who persecuted them;
And the feet and the head he let go, for they were not able to endure my face:
For we see that our death has not touched thee.
Let us also be redeemed with thee: for thou art our Redeemer.
For they are free men and they are mine. Hallelujah.
For the former tribes were forced by their kings to commit sin, but these two of themselves have been forcing and compelling their kings to commit sin.
For this reason, behold I bring evil upon this city, and upon its inhabitants, and it shall be removed from before Me for a time, and I will scatter this people among the Gentiles that they may do good to the Gentiles. And My people shall be chastened, and the time shall come when they will seek for the prosperity of their times.
For this reason, behold I bring evil upon this city, and upon its inhabitants, and it shall be removed from before Me for a time, and I will scatter this people among the Gentiles that they may do good to the Gentiles. And My people shall be chastened, and the time shall come when they will seek for the prosperity of their times.
For this reason, behold I bring evil upon this city, and upon its inhabitants, and it shall be removed from before Me for a time, and I will scatter this people among the Gentiles that they may do good to the Gentiles. And My people shall be chastened, and the time shall come when they will seek for the prosperity of their times.
For I have said these things to you that you may bid Jeremiah, and all those that are like you, to retire from this city.
For your works are to this city as a firm pillar, And your prayers as a strong wall.'
And I said: 'O LORD, my Lord, have I come into the world for this purpose that I might see the evils of my mother? Not (so) my Lord.
For two things vehemently constrain me: for I cannot resist you, and my soul, moreover, cannot behold the evils of my mother.
For two things vehemently constrain me: for I cannot resist you, and my soul, moreover, cannot behold the evils of my mother.
What, therefore, will there be after these things? for if you destroy Your city, and deliver up Your land to those that hate us, how shall the name of Israel be again remembered?
And the Lord said unto me: 'This city shall be delivered up for a time, And the people shall be chastened during a time, And the world will not be given over to oblivion.
And I answered and said: 'So then I am destined to grieve for Zion, For your enemies will come to this place and pollute Your sanctuary, And lead your inheritance into captivity, And make themselves masters of those whom you have loved, And they will depart again to the place of their idols, And will boast before them: And what will you do for Your great name?'
And I answered and said: 'So then I am destined to grieve for Zion, For your enemies will come to this place and pollute Your sanctuary, And lead your inheritance into captivity, And make themselves masters of those whom you have loved, And they will depart again to the place of their idols, And will boast before them: And what will you do for Your great name?'
And I answered and said: 'So then I am destined to grieve for Zion, For your enemies will come to this place and pollute Your sanctuary, And lead your inheritance into captivity, And make themselves masters of those whom you have loved, And they will depart again to the place of their idols, And will boast before them: And what will you do for Your great name?'
And you shall see with your eyes That the enemy will not overthrow Zion, Nor shall they burn Jerusalem, But be the ministers of the Judge for the time.
For I am first sent to speak a word to the earth, and to place in it what the Lord the Most High has commanded me.'
For the time comes when Jerusalem also will be delivered for a time, Until it is said, that it is again restored for ever.'
For the time comes when Jerusalem also will be delivered for a time, Until it is said, that it is again restored for ever.'
For the time comes when Jerusalem also will be delivered for a time, Until it is said, that it is again restored for ever.'
'Enter, you enemies, And come, you adversaries; For he who kept the house has forsaken (it).
But as for us who live, woe unto us, Because we see the afflictions of Zion, And what has befallen Jerusalem.
And thou, vine, why further do you give your wine; For an offering will not again be made from there in Zion, Nor will first-fruits again be offered.
And do thou, O sun withhold the light of your rays. And do thou, O moon, extinguish the multitude of your light; For why should light rise again Where the light of Zion is darkened?
For the barren shall above all rejoice, And those who have no sons shall be glad, And those who have sons shall have anguish.
For why should they bear in pain, Only to bury in grief?
Moreover, (you priests) take you the keys of the sanctuary, And cast them into the height of heaven, And give them to the Lord and say: "Guard Your house Thyself, For lo! we are found false stewards.
But now, lo! the grief is infinite, And the lamentation measureless, For lo! you are prospered And Zion desolate.
For they knew not this anguish, Nor yet had they heard of that which had befallen us.
For assuredly in its own season shall the (divine) wrath awake against you. Which now in long-suffering is held in as it were by reins.
Because you have been astonished at what has befallen Zion, you shall therefore be assuredly preserved to the consummation of the times, that you may be for a testimony.
For how long? you will say to them: "Ye who have drunk the strained wine, Drink you also of its dregs, The judgment of the Lofty One Who has no respect of persons."
For I have always benefited you. And you have always been ungrateful for the beneficence.
For I have always benefited you. And you have always been ungrateful for the beneficence.
For what advantage is there in this, or what (evil), worse than what' we have seen befall us, are we to expect to see?
For we have all been made like a breath.
For as the breath ascends involuntarily, and again dies, so it is with the nature of men, who depart not according to their own will, and know not what will befall them in the end.
For the righteous justly hope for the end, and without fear depart from this habitation, because they have with you a store of works preserved in treasuries.
For the righteous justly hope for the end, and without fear depart from this habitation, because they have with you a store of works preserved in treasuries.
But as for us-woe to us, who also are now shamefully entreated, and at that time look forward (only) to evils.
But you know accurately what you have done by means of Your servants; for we are not able to understand that which is good as you art, our Creator.
And you did say that you wouldst make for Your world man as the administrator of Your works, that it might be known that he was by no means made on account of the world, but the world on account of him.
And now I see that as for the world which was made on account of us, lo! it abides; but we, on account of whom it was made, depart.'
For this world is to them a strife and a labor with much trouble; and that accordingly which is to come, a crown with great glory.'
For what did it profit Adam that he lived nine hundred and thirty years and transgressed that which he was commanded? Therefore the multitude of time that he lived did not profit him, but brought death and cut off the years of those who were born from him. wherein did Moses suffer loss in that he lived only one hundred and twenty years, and, inasmuch he was subject to Him who formed him, brought the law to the seed of Jacob, and lighted a lamp for the nation of Israel?'
For what did it profit Adam that he lived nine hundred and thirty years and transgressed that which he was commanded? Therefore the multitude of time that he lived did not profit him, but brought death and cut off the years of those who were born from him. wherein did Moses suffer loss in that he lived only one hundred and twenty years, and, inasmuch he was subject to Him who formed him, brought the law to the seed of Jacob, and lighted a lamp for the nation of Israel?'
And He answered and said unto me: 'Wherefore at that time he appointed for them a covenant and said: "Behold I have placed before you life and death," And he called heaven and earth to witness against them.
For he knew that his time was but short, But that heaven and earth endure always.
For now it is the consummation of time that should be considered, whether of business, or of prosperity, or of shame and not the beginning thereof.
And afterwards come to that place and I will reveal Myself to you, and speak true things with you, and I will give you commandment regarding the method of the times; for they are coming and tarry not.'
For you alone are able to sustain all who are, and those who have passed away, and those who are to be, those who sin, and those who are to righteous [as living (and) being past finding out].
For you alone do live immortal and past finding out, and know the number of mankind.
For if there were this life only, which belongs to all men, nothing could be more bitter than this.
For of what profit is strength that turns to sickness, Or fullness of food that turns to famine, Or beauty that turns to ugliness.
For the nature of man is always changeable.
For what we were formerly now we no longer are and what we now are we shall not afterwards remain.
For if a consummation had not been prepared for all, in vain would have been their beginning.
For if a consummation had not been prepared for all, in vain would have been their beginning.
For there have been many years like those that are desolate from the days of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and of all those who are like them, who sleep in the earth, on whose account you did say that you had created the world.
For as you have not forgotten the people who now are and those who have passed away, so I remember those who are appointed to come.
Because when Adam sinned and death was decreed against those who should be born, then the multitude of those who should be born was numbered, and for that number a place was prepared where the living might dwell and the dead might be guarded.
Before therefore the number aforesaid is fulfilled, the creature will not live again [for My spirit is the creator of life], and Sheol will receive the dead.
For truly My redemption has drawn nigh, and is not far distant as aforetime.
'For behold! the days come and the books shall be opened in which are written the sins of all those who have sinned, and again also the treasuries in which the righteousness of all those who have been righteous in creation is gathered.
For it shall come to pass at that time that you shall see-and the many that are with you-the long-suffering of the Most High, which has been throughout all generations, who has been long-suffering towards all who are born, (alike) those who sin and (those who) are righteous.'
For I know indeed that which has befallen us, but what will happen to our enemies I know not, and when you will visit Your works.'
And He answered and said unto me: 'You too shall be preserved till that time till that sign which the Most High will work for the inhabitants of the earth in the end of days.
And He answered and said unto me: 'Into twelve parts is that time divided, and each one of them is reserved for that which is appointed for it.
And He answered and said unto me: 'Into twelve parts is that time divided, and each one of them is reserved for that which is appointed for it.
For these parts of that time are reserved, and shall be mingled one with another and minister one to another.
For some shall leave out some of their own, and receive (in its stead) from others, and some complete their own and that of others, so that those may not understand who are upon the earth in those days that this is the consummation of the times.
For the measure and reckoning of that time are two parts a week of seven weeks.'
And I answered and said: 'It is good for a man to come and behold, but it is better that he should not come lest he fall.
For at that time I will protect only those who are found in those self-same days in this land.
And Behemoth shall be revealed from his place and Leviathan shall ascend from the sea, those two great monsters which I created on the fifth day of creation, and shall have kept until that time; and then they shall be for food for all that are left.
And Behemoth shall be revealed from his place and Leviathan shall ascend from the sea, those two great monsters which I created on the fifth day of creation, and shall have kept until that time; and then they shall be for food for all that are left.
For winds shall go forth from before Me to bring every morning the fragrance of aromatic fruits, and at the close of the day clouds distilling the dew of health.
For they know that the time has come of which it is said, that it is the consummation of the times.
For they shall know that their torment has come and their perdition has arrived.'
For lo! the days come, When everything that is shall become the prey of corruption And be as though it had not been.