Chapter 52: The Death of the Wicked

And I saw the spirits of the sons of men who were dead, and their cry rose up to heaven.

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?'

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.'

'They were destroyed because of their transgressions, and they cry out for judgment against those who have wronged them.'

And I saw the place of torment where the wicked are punished eternally, where their weeping is eternal and their lamentation endless.