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4 Say to them therefore: " You have no [[peace]]."'
4 Say to them therefore: " You have no [[peace]]."'
==Chapter 17==
1 And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming [[fire]],
2 and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And they brought me to the place of [[darkness]], and to a mountain the point of whose summit reached to [[heaven]]. And I saw the places of the luminaries and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were
4 a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword and all the [[lightnings]]. And they took
5 me to the living waters, and to the fire of the west, which [[receives]] every setting of the sun. And I came to a river of fire in which the fire flows like water and discharges itself into the great sea towards
6 the west. I saw the great rivers and came to the great river and to the great darkness, and went
7 to the place where no flesh walks. I saw the mountains of the darkness of [[winter]] and the place
8 whence all the waters of the deep flow. I saw the mouths of all the rivers of the earth and the mouth of the deep.
==Chapter 18==
1 I saw the treasuries of all the [[winds]]: I saw how He had furnished with them the whole [[creation]]
2 and the firm [[foundations]] of the earth. And I saw the corner-stone of the earth: I saw the four
3 winds which bear [the earth and] the firmament of the heaven. And I saw how the winds stretch out the vaults of heaven, and have their station between heaven and earth: these are the pillars
4 of the heaven. I saw the winds of heaven which turn and bring the [[circumference]] of the sun and
5 all the [[stars]] to their setting. I saw the winds on the earth carrying the [[clouds]]: I saw the paths
6 of [[the angels]]. I saw at the end of the earth the firmament of the heaven above. And I proceeded and saw a place which burns day and night, where there are [[seven]] mountains of magnificent stones,
7 three towards the east, and three towards the south. And as for those towards the east, was of coloured stone, and one of pearl, and one of jacinth, and those towards the south of red stone.
8 But the middle one reached to heaven like the [[97:7|throne of God]], of alabaster, and the summit of the
9,10 throne was of sapphire. And I saw a flaming fire. And beyond these mountains Is a region the end of the great earth: there the heavens were completed. And I saw a deep [[abyss]], with columns of heavenly fire, and among them I saw columns of fire fall, which were beyond measure alike towards
12 the height and towards the depth. And beyond that abyss I saw a place which had no firmament of the heaven above, and no firmly founded earth beneath it: there was no water upon it, and no
13 birds, but it was a waste and horrible place. I saw there seven [[stars]] like great burning mountains,
14 and to me, when I [[inquired]] regarding them, The [[angel]] said: 'This place is the end of heaven and earth: this has become a [[45:1|prison for the stars]] and the host of heaven. And the stars which roll over the fire are they which have [[transgressed]] the commandment of the Lord in the beginning of
16 their rising, because they did not come forth at their appointed times. And He was wroth with them, and bound them till the time when their [[guilt]] should be consummated (even) for ten thousand years.'
==Chapter 19==
1 And [[Uriel]] said to me: 'Here shall stand [[the angels]] who have connected themselves with women, and their spirits assuming many different forms are defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to [[demons]] as gods, (here shall they stand,) till the day of the great [[judgement]] in
2 which they shall be judged till they are made an end of. And the women also of the angels who
3 went astray shall become [[sirens]].' And I, [[Enoch]], alone saw the [[vision]], the ends of all things: and no man shall see as I have seen.
==Chapter 20==
1,2 And these are the names of the holy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher_%28angel%29 angels who watch]. [[Uriel]], one of the holy angels, who is 3 over the world and over Tartarus. Raphael, one of the holy angels, who is over the spirits of men.
4,5 Raguel, one of the holy angels who takes [[vengeance]] on the world of the luminaries. Michael, one
6 of the holy angels, to wit, he that is set over the best part of mankind and over chaos. Saraqael,
7 one of the holy angels, who is set over the spirits, who sin in the spirit. [[Gabriel]], one of the holy
8 angels, who is over Paradise and the serpents and the [[Cherubim]]. Remiel, one of the holy angels, whom God set over those who rise.
==Chapter 21==
1,2 And I proceeded to where things were [[chaotic]]. And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither
3 a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible. And there I saw
4 [[45:1|seven stars (45:1.10)]] of the heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire. Then
5 I said: 'For what [[sin]] are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither' Then said [[Uriel]], one of the holy angels, who was with me, and was chief over them, and said: 'Enoch, why
6 dost thou ask, and why art thou [[eager]] for the [[truth]] These are of the number of the stars of heaven, which have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here till ten thousand years,
7 the time entailed by their [[sins]], are consummated.' And from thence I went to another place, which was still more [[horrible]] than the former, and I saw a horrible thing: a great fire there which burnt and blazed, and the place was cleft as far as the [[abyss]], being full of great descending columns of
8 fire: neither its extent or magnitude could I see, nor could I conjecture. Then I said: 'How
9 fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!' Then [[Uriel]] answered me, one of the holy angels who was with me, and said unto me: 'Enoch, why hast thou such [[fear]] and affright' And
10 I answered: 'Because of this fearful place, and because of the [[spectacle]] of the [[pain]].' And he said unto me: 'This place is the [[45:1|prison of the angels (45:1.10)]], and here they will be imprisoned for ever.'
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