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[1] Then I looked and turned myself to another part of the earth, where I beheld a deep valley burning with fire.
[2] To this valley they brought monarchs and the mighty.
[3] And there my eyes beheld the instruments which they were making, fetters of iron without weight.ⓘ
[4] Then I inquired of the angel of peace, who proceeded with me, saying, For whom are these fetters and instruments prepared?
[5] He replied, These are prepared for the host of Azazeel, that they may be delivered over and adjudged to the lowest condemnation; and that their angels may be overwhelmed with hurled stones, as the Lord of' spirits has commanded.
[6] Michael and Gabriel, Raphael and Phanuel shall be strengthened in that day, and shall then cast them into a furnace of blazing fire, that the Lord of spirits may be avenged of them for their crimes; because they became ministers of Satan, and seduced those who dwell upon earth.
[7] In those days shall punishment go forth from the Lord of spirits; and the receptacles of water which are above the heavens shall be opened, and the fountains likewise, which are under the heavens and under the earth.
[8] All the waters, which are in the heavens and above them, shall be mixed together.
[9] The water which is above heaven shall be the agent;ⓘ
[10] And the water which is under the earth shall be the recipientⓘ: and all shall be destroyed who dwell upon earth, and who dwell under the extremities of heaven.
[11] By these means shall they understand the iniquity which they have committed on earth: and by these means shall they perish.
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