Chapter 21: The Place of Punishment for the Fallen Stars

And I went to the place where I saw one of the luminaries shooting forth from the heavens; and behold, there were depths beneath it, with wheels of fire rolling round and about.

And the great angel said unto me: 'This is the prison-house of the stars and the host of heaven. Here are bound the stars of heaven, and the holy ones in their myriads: they are bound in their entirety until the day of judgment.'

And I saw in that place seven stars like great burning mountains, and to me, when I inquired regarding them, the angel said: 'This place is the end of heaven and earth: this has become a prison for the stars and the host of heaven.'

And the stars which roll over the fire are they which transgressed the commandment of God in the beginning of their rising, because they did not come forth at their appointed times.

And He was wroth with them, and bound them until the time when their guilt should be consummated.