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11 Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and [a]ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. 12 These are they who are [b]hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own [c]shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:11 Or, cast themselves away through
  2. Jude 1:12 Or, spots
  3. Jude 1:13 Greek shames.

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(A) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(B) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(C)

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(D) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(E) They are clouds without rain,(F) blown along by the wind;(G) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(H)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(I) foaming up their shame;(J) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(K)

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