10 Bold and Arrogant (are the Unrighteous),
They are Not Afraid
To Heap Abuse on Celestial Beings;
11 Yet even Angels,
Although they are Stronger
And more Powerful,
Do not Heap Abuse on Such Beings
When Bringing Judgment on them
From the Lord.
12 But these People BLASPHEME
In Matters they do not Understand.
They are like Unreasoning Animals,
Creatures of Instinct,
Born only to be Caught and Destroyed,
And like Animals
They too will Perish.
13 They will be Paid Back with Harm
For the Harm the have Done.
Their Idea of Pleasure
Is to Carouse in Broad Daylight.
They are Blots and Blemishes,
Reveling in their Pleasures
While they Feast with You.
14 With Eyes Full of Adultery,
They Never Stop Sinning;
They Seduce the Unstable;
They are Experts in Greed--
AN ACCURSED BROOD!
15 They have Left the Straight Way
And Wandered Off
To Follow the Way of Balaam
Son of Bezer,
Who loved the Wages of Wickedness.
16 But he was Rebuked
For his Wrongdoing
By a Donkey--
An Animal without Speech--
Who spoke with a Human Voice
And Restrained the Prophet’s Madness.
(2 Peter 2:10-16, NIV)
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