Enoch's Controversial Verse Explained: Sirens in the Bible | Ep 11 Book of Enoch Bible Study

The word “sirens” is found in the Septuagint (Greek Bible) and it’s used in place of the mysterious Hebrew term “daughters of ya’anah” found in Leviticus, Isaiah, and elsewhere in the Old Testament.

In this episode we discuss the meaning of that term and how it relates to what Enoch had to say about certain women becoming sirens as a result of sin – it has nothing to do with Greek mythology as many believe.

This is part 11 of our in-depth study of the Book of Enoch (also known as 1 Enoch). In this series, we’re reading through the entire Book of Enoch, providing commentary on each chapter, and discussing parallel Scriptures from the Bible. This episode covers Enoch chapter 19. Thanks for watching, and hope you enjoy.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Sirens in Enoch
0:47 Sirens in Greek mythology
2:01 Sirens in the Bible
3:03 Banot Ya’anah
3:49 Ostriches?
4:37 Owls?
9:14 Sirens at the end of the age
9:49 Protected through the Tribulation

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Transcript: 

Carlos: Okay, now we’re in Hanoch chapter 19.

Dawson: Yes.

Carlos: What happens here

Dawson: When we left off, Enoch was talking about the holding place for the fallen angels. And now we’re going to read about what’s going to happen to the women who married those fallen angels. In verse 2 of chapter 19, Enoch writes, “And the women, also of the angels who went astray, shall become sirens.”

Carlos: Now, let’s go over the word siren. The first one to mention is Homer.

Dawson: Yes.

Carlos: In Greek, it’s a Greek word.

Dawson: In Greek mythology, the word sirens is used by Homer.

Carlos: Now, why are we talking about Homer in Greek

Dawson: Because a lot of people take this verse, and they use it to say that the book of Enoch is not true scripture, because it’s talking about something that’s from Greek mythology. But we’re going to show you that that is not the case.

Carlos: Not at all.

Dawson: Yeah. If anything, the Greeks got the origin for their story from the book of Enoch. We’ve talked about before how the Greeks adopted the Hebrew alphabet. And so, I think there’s a case to be made that some elements of Greek mythology have their origin in other knowledge from Israel, from the Hebrew people.

Carlos: It’s possible.

Dawson: Yeah. So I think this is one of those cases.

Carlos: Now, we’re not starting a religion on this or anything, just for your consideration.

Dawson: Yes.

Carlos: We’re studying the Hanoch.

Dawson: Yes, so the word sirens, it’s not exclusively a Greek mythological thing. And one interesting point is that the Greek word for sirens, they don’t know where it comes from, because it’s not a Greek word.

Carlos: Amen. Now, there is a difference between the Greek siren, what it means, and how it’s applied in Hebrew.

Dawson: Yes. So we do see the word “sirens” in the Bible.

Carlos: The Septuagint.

Dawson: In the Greek Septuagint, there’s the word “sirens”. And it’s used in place of the Hebrew phrase, “banot ya’anah”.

Carlos: Which means something else other than a siren as we know it.

Dawson: Yes, so forget the sirens that you know. Forget the Greek mythology of the – you know, whatever, the women and Ulysses and whatnot.

Carlos: Yes, the sirens that draw you in, they turn men into pigs in mythology. The sirens that you can’t resist, where they have to tie themselves to the mast.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: The sirens that bring you in so they can mate with the men and then kill the men and kill any child men, leave only girls on the island. So, there’s many types of sirens.

Dawson: In Greek mythology.

Carlos: In Greek mythology. However, they do not match Father’s alphabet or original language.

Dawson: Right. So the sirens that Enoch is talking about, and that the Greek Septuagint is talking about, it comes from this Hebrew phrase, “banot ya’anah”. And the word “banot” means daughters. So it’s daughters of ya’anah. Now, what does that mean? Banot ya’anah, they are described in the Bible in Leviticus as birds, number one. They’re described by Isaiah and Jeremiah as creatures that live in the wilderness and in the desert. And Micah describes them as creatures that make a weeping, wailing, lamenting, mourning sound.

Carlos: Okay, so let’s get into, what are they talking about? A woman setting off a siren?

Dawson: It’s some kind of creature that lives in the desert, lives in the wilderness. It makes a howling, mourning sound.

Carlos: We just happen to have photographs. We have some audio. And some audio.

Dawson: Yeah, we’ve got audio. So most of the time, or nearly all of the time, when you see the phrase “banot ya’anah” in the Old Testament scriptures, it’s translated into English as ostrich. But – you already knew this – I had to actually go and listen to all the ostrich sounds I could find. And when I came in and talked to you about this, you’re like, yeah, ostriches don’t make wailing sounds, they sound like this. And you made the sound of an ostrich.

Carlos: But check the owls.

Dawson: Yes, so owls, they actually match the profile of creatures that make a crazy weeping, wailing, tormented, mourning sound. And I’ve got audio, as Carlos said.

Carlos: Let’s have some audio on this.

Dawson: This is just a bunch of owls, okay?

[Audio of screeching owls plays.]

Carlos: Now that sounds more like what will happen when they go to the holding tank.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Yeah. Now they have two types of owls in Israel, as I understand it. For those of you who know more, give us a comment. But both the owls, no matter what time you hear them or when you hear them, they sound like that.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Just, you know, you could take it as a siren sound.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Amen. But it has nothing to do with the way the Greeks interpreted that.

Dawson: Right.

Carlos: It’s just a completely different thing. Their whole mindset was around mythology. So, these are women making ooh sounds, you know, beckoning them to come. But they’re talking about women that are in agony and suffering and in torment.

Dawson: Yes. So we believe that when Enoch says that these women who sinned and they mated with the fallen angels and they did all these sorts of bad things because they’re the ones who wanted the knowledge to manipulate other men and to make war and all this stuff. So, they sinned. And as a result of their sin, Enoch says they’re going to become sirens, meaning they’re going to become as the “banot ya’anah,” weeping, wailing, mourning, being tormented, screeching in a place of torment.

Carlos: Pretty much describes how Yeshua said there will be a place of torment.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Where just the thirst won’t – you can’t quench your thirst.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: So, yeah, that’s pretty much what that little sound down there, I believe. Hearing that sound is a little disturbing.

Dawson: Yes. It was disturbing putting all those sounds together because I had to listen to about 10 different owl sounds.

Carlos: That’s typically your owl. Now, we have a guest that comes on here occasionally, Lisa.

Dawson: Yeah. I want to give her a shout out right now.

Carlos: Yeah. Hello. A little story from Lisa.

Dawson: Yeah. So, when we were actually having like a roundtable and we were discussing all of this and I was trying to see, okay, is it an ostrich? Maybe a specific kind of ostrich, whatever. And she’s like, it’s probably an owl because I used to have an owl at my house and I couldn’t even talk on the phone. The owl was so loud. The screeching of the owl was so loud. And I’m like, really? Let me hear what that sounded like because I’ve never heard an owl.

I’ve heard an owl go, “Hoot! Hoot!” and that’s it. But she’s like, no, this owl was screeching and I couldn’t talk on the phone. So that’s how we ended up listening to a bunch of owl noises and like, okay, maybe that’s what they’re talking about with the “banot ya’anah”.

Carlos: I don’t know if we’re going to put it up or not, but if you want to look at Israel owls, you’ll see exactly how they sound.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Amen?

Dawson: And something kind of cool, I don’t know if this is correct, but like Carlos always says, for your consideration, “banot” means daughters. And “ya’anah,” if you look at the letters in Hebrew, it looks like it’s possible that the root word for “ya’anah” is ayin, which means eye. Now, what are owls known for? Their big eyes.

Carlos: Eyes.

Dawson: Big eyes.

Carlos: Big eyes that glow in the dark.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Well, I remember we discussed that. You know, we go into the original Hebrew laboratory, we call it the research center, and we brainstorm to do the best we can. Try to do the best we can for Father’s children.

Dawson: Yes.

Carlos: And looking at that “anah,” it is an ayin and two big eyes.

Dawson: Two big eyes.

Carlos: That reflect, ayins, and they’re reflective. So it makes sense, Father’s language.

Dawson: Later on in the Book of Enoch, he does talk about sirens once again. And he says that in the day of the tribulation of the sinners. Now, notice that the day of tribulation that’s coming is the tribulation of the sinners.

Carlos: Not of the righteous.

Dawson: Not of the righteous.

Carlos: Amen.

Dawson: So in that day, Father will protect the righteous. And seeing Father protect us is going to cause the sirens to sigh and weep.

Carlos: Amen. Now, I love going over this. Father’s children, Antichrist is coming. And he’s here to destroy the mighty, atsam, the mighty, and qodesh, the holy. He overcomes the mighty and the holy. And when you read that, pretty much people throw in the towel. We’re done.

Dawson: Not true.

Carlos: Amen. But pay attention. Holy is all those in the covenant. Amen. They’re in the covenant with Father, Abraham, forever. And when he talks about the mighty, that could be any army. It could be Israel’s army, Israel plus American army, Israel plus European army helping them. Antichrist will destroy the armies. And he’s going to take over Israel. So, he destroys the qodesh. He overcomes them, he says. But he says those that are righteous, they flee into the wilderness.

Dawson: Right.

Carlos: And he feeds them for three and a half years, times, times, and half a times.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: So the righteous, you will be able to distinguish between the righteous, whom Father guides through the time and nourishes and takes care of us, and those that take the mark.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Amen. So none of the wrath is meant for Father’s children, only for those who have taken the mark and turned against Father all the way.

Dawson: Chapter 19 verse 3, this chapter, it ends with the words, “And I, Enoch, alone saw the vision, the ends of all things: and no man shall see as I have seen.”

Carlos: Amen.

Dawson: Amen.

Carlos: That’s a lot for him to see.

Dawson: That’s just the summary of it.

Carlos: He’s not a scribe for nothing. Write it down.

Dawson: Yeah, yeah.

Carlos: Amen.

Dawson: Some of those things we’re going to get into more detail.

Carlos: Father’s children, some things you don’t understand yet, take it easy, we’re going through the book.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: We know where Job got pillars of the earth.

Dawson: Yes, we learned that.

Carlos: Amen. It’s pretty clear and evident where he got it. He didn’t just make it up. He read the book Hanoch.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Amen. So as we learn more, we’ll connect it.

Dawson: Yeah.

Carlos: Peace unto Father’s children.

Dawson: Shalom unto Jerusalem.

Carlos: Amen.

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