Enoch 21

1 And I went on to where things were chaotic. 2 And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible. [a] 3 And there I saw seven stars of heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire. 4 Then I said, “For what sin are they bound, and for what reason have they been cast in here?” 5 Then Uriel spoke — one of the holy messengers who was with me, and was chief over them — and he said, “Enoch, why do you ask, and why are you eager for the truth? [b] 6 These are among the number of the stars of heaven that have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and are bound here until ten thousand years, the time required by their sins, are completed.” [c]

7 And from there I went to another place, which was still more horrible than the one before, and I saw a horrible thing: a great fire there that burned and blazed, and the place was split open as far as the abyss, full of great descending columns of fire: I could not see how far it reached or how great it was, nor could I guess. 8 Then I said, “How fearful this place is, and how terrible to look at!” 9 Then Uriel answered me — one of the holy messengers who was with me — and said to me, “Enoch, why do you have such fear and dread?” And I answered, “Because of this fearful place, and because of the sight of the pain.” 10 And he said to me, “This place is the prison of the messengers, and here they will be imprisoned forever.”