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Chapter 52: The Death of the Wicked
Parables
52:1
And I saw the spirits of the sons of men who were dead, and their cry rose up to heaven.
52:2
Then I asked Raphael, the holy angel who was with me, and said unto him: 'Whose spirits are these whose voice thus riseth up to heaven and maketh suit?'
52:3
And he answered me saying: 'These are the spirits of those men who have perished, because they have not kept the commandments of the Lord.'
52:4
'They were destroyed because of their transgressions, and they cry out for judgment against those who have wronged them.'
52:5
And I saw the place of torment where the wicked are punished eternally, where their weeping is eternal and their lamentation endless.