The Testaments of the XII Patriarchs · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1Hear, therefore, regarding the heavens which have been shown to thee. The lowest is for this cause gloomy unto thee, in that it beholds all the unrighteous deeds of men.
2And it has fire, snow, and ice made ready for the day of judgment, in the righteous judgment of Elohim (God); for in it are all the spirits of the retributions for vengeance on men.
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