Book of Enoch 14:12
From Book of Enoch
14:12 A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its portals blazed with fire.
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Surrounding Verses
14:7 And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own: even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have written.
14:8 And the vision was shown to me thus: Behold, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven.
14:9 And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by flames of fire: and it began to affright me. And I went into the flames of fire and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals: and the walls of the house were like a tesselated floor (made) of crystals, and its groundwork was of crystal.
14:11 Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were fiery cherubim, and their heaven was (clear as) water.
14:12 A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its portals blazed with fire.
14:13 And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there were no delights of life therein: fear covered me, and trembling got hold upon me.
14:14 And as I quaked and trembled, I fell upon my face.
14:15 And I beheld a vision, And lo! there was a second house, greater than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire.
14:16 And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to you its splendour and its extent.
14:17 And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire.