8 Then I said: ‘How fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!’ (ENO) 9 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 I answered: ‘Because of this fearful place, and because of the spectacle of the pain.’ (ENO) 10 And he said ⌈⌈unto me⌉⌉: ‘This place is the prison of the angels, and here they will be imprisoned for ever.’ (ENO)
Book of Enoch 21:8–10
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