12 These are hidden reefs[a] (A)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (B)shepherds feeding themselves; (C)waterless clouds, (D)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (E)uprooted; 13 (F)wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of (G)their own shame; (H)wandering stars, (I)for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these that Enoch, (J)the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, (K)“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes

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

14 Enoch,(I) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(J) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(K)

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