- 1And I proceeded to where things were chaotic.
- 2And I saw there something horrible: I saw neither a heaven above nor a firmly founded earth, but a place chaotic and horrible.
- 3And there I saw seven stars of the heaven bound together in it, like great mountains and burning with fire.
- 4Then I said: ‘For what sin are they bound, and on what account have they been cast in hither?’
- 5Then said Uriel, one of the holy angels, who was with me, and was chief over them, and said: ‘Enoch, why dost thou ask, and why art thou eager for the truth?
- 6These 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, the time entailed by their sins, are consummated.’
- 7And 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 fire: neither its extent or magnitude could I see, nor could I conjecture.
- 8Then I said: ‘How fearful is the place and how terrible to look upon!’
- 9Then 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.’
- 10And he said 〚unto me〛: ‘This place is the prison of the angels, and here they will be imprisoned for ever.’
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES
1 ENOCH 21
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Enoch 21 — Enoch sees seven imprisoned stars awaiting the completion of their judgment for transgression.
About this illustration
This scene is a visual interpretation of the chapter in the public-domain R. H. Charles translation; visionary imagery is presented symbolically without claiming details beyond the text.
Passage basis: 1 Enoch 21:1–10Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
R. H. Charles translation (1912) · Reprinted 1917 · Public domain in the United States · Editorial brackets and uncertainty markers preserved · Source edition
Bible Connections
These links distinguish direct quotation, explicit retelling, strong literary parallel, and broader shared tradition. A parallel does not by itself prove direct dependence.
Rebellious heavenly powers are bound in a prison or pit until the final day of judgment.
The offending angels or stars are confined in darkness until the great judgment.
Jude’s wandering stars reserved for deepest darkness resemble Enoch’s disobedient stars imprisoned in a dark abyss.
Sinning angels are cast into gloomy confinement and held for judgment.