The fall of man filled all heaven with sorrow. The world that God had made was blighted with the curse of sin and inhabited by beings doomed to misery and death. There appeared no escape for those who had transgressed the law. Angels ceased their songs of praise. Throughout the heavenly courts there was mourning for the ruin that sin had wrought.

Menneskets fald fyldte hele Himmelen med sorg. Den verden Gud havde skabt, var ødelagt af syndens forbandelse og beboet af væsener, der var dømt til ulykke og død. Der viste sig ingen udvej for dem, der havde overtrådt loven. Englene afbrød deres lovsange. I alle de himmelske sale var der sorg over den ødelæggelse, som synden havde forvoldt.