^19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out ^(C)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

Apostates Depraved and Doomed

¹² These are ^[a]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried ^[b]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

^13 (A)raging waves of the sea, ^(B)foaming up their own shame; wandering stars ^(C)for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.

²⁰ Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck

¹⁰ Then the third angel sounded: ^(A)And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, ^(B)and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

^11 (A)The name of the star is Wormwood. ^(B)A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

Impending Judgment on Excesses