18 HANOCH - ENOCH 18
The Cornerstone of the Earth and the Storerooms of all the Winds
18:1 And I saw the storerooms of all the winds and saw how with them he has embroidered all creation as well as the foundations of the earth.
18:2 I saw the cornerstone of the earth; I saw the four winds which bear the earth as well as the firmament of heaven.
18:3 I saw how the winds ride the heights of heaven and stand between heaven and earth: These are the very pillars of heaven.
18:4 I saw the winds which turn the heaven and cause the star to set -the sun as well as all the stars.
18:5 I saw the souls carried by the clouds. I saw the path of the angels in the ultimate end of the earth, and the firmament of the heaven above.
18:6 And I kept moving in the direction of the west; and it was flaming day and night toward the seven mountains of precious stones -three toward the east and three toward the south.
18:7 As for those toward the east, they were of colored stones -one of pearl stone and one of healing stone; and as for those toward the south, they were of red stone.
18:8 The ones in the middle were pressing into heaven like the throne of YAHWEH, which is of alabaster and whose summit is of sapphire;
18:9 and I saw a flaming fire.
18:10 And I saw what was inside those mountains -a place, beyond the great earth, where the heavens come together.
18:11 And I saw a deep pit with heavenly fire on its pillars; I saw inside them descending pillars of fire that were immeasurable in respect to both altitude and depth.
18:12 And on top of that pit I saw a place without the heavenly firmament above it or earthly foundation under it or water. There was nothing on it -not even birds -but it was a desolate and terrible place.
18:13 And I saw there the seven stars which were like great, burning mountains.
18:14 Then the malak said to me, “This place is the ultimate end of heaven and earth: it is the prison house for the stars and the powers of heaven.”
18:15 “And the stars which roll over upon the fire, they are the ones which have transgressed the commandments of YAHWEH from the beginning of their rising because they did not arrive punctually.”
18:16 “And he was wroth with them and bound them until the time of the completion of their sin in the year of mystery.”