2 And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible. (ENO) 3 And there I saw seven stars of the heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire. (ENO) 4 Then I said: ‘For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither?’ (ENO)
Book of Enoch 21:2–4
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