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The Book of Enoch

2.1. Observe ye every thing that takes place in the heaven, how they do not change their orbits and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise  and set in order each in its season and transgress not against their appointed order

2.2..  Behold ye the earth and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last how steadfast they are how none of the things upon earth change but all the works of God appear to you

2.3.  Behold the summer and the winter how the earth is filled with water and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it

3.  Observe and see how in the winter all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes

4.  And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over against it.  And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with glowing heat and so you cannot tread on the earth or on a rock by reason of its heat

5.1.  Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit wherefore give ye heed and know,  [these] works go on thus from year to year for ever and all the tasks which they accompany, and these tasks change not, but according [to how it is ] ordained so it is done