Jude 8–16

⁸In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.^{u 9}But even the archangel^v Michael,^w when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,^x did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”^{dy 10}Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.^z

¹¹Woe 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

¹²These 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. ¹³They are wild waves of the sea,ⁱ foaming up their shame;^j wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.^k

¹⁴Enoch,^l the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming^m with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones^{n 15}to judge^o everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”^{ep 16}These people are grumblers^q and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;^r they boast^s about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.