2. And there I beheld neither the tremendous workmanship of an exalted
heaven, nor of an established earth, but a desolate spot, prepared, and
terrific.
3. There, too, I beheld seven stars of heaven bound in it together, like
great mountains, and like a blazing fire. I exclaimed, For what species
of crime have they been bound, and why have they been removed to this
place? Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, and who
conducted me, answered: Enoch, wherefore dost thou ask; wherefore reason
with thyself, and anxiously inquire? These are those of the stars which
have transgressed the commandment of the most high God; and are here
bound, until the infinite number of the days of their crimes be
completed.