THE ACCURSED BROOD

 

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)