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11 Woe to them, because they went in the way of Cain, and they poured-forth[a] in the error of Balaam for wages, and they perished[b] in the rebellion of Korah.

Enoch Prophesied God Would Execute Judgment Against These Ungodly Stains

12 These ones are the ones who are spots[c] in your love-feasts, feasting-with[d] you fearlessly, tending[e] themselves; waterless clouds being carried-along by winds; fruitless autumn trees having died twice, having been uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea foaming-up their shames; wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:11 Or, poured-themselves into, rushed into.
  2. Jude 1:11 Or, lost-themselves, were destroyed.
  3. Jude 1:12 Or, stains. Or, reefs, hidden-rocks.
  4. Jude 1:12 love-feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, tending themselves. Or, love-feasts while feasting-with you, tending themselves without-fear.
  5. Jude 1:12 Or, feeding, pasturing.

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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