¹⁰ especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.^(A)

Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones; ¹¹ however, angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring a slanderous charge against them before the Lord.^{[a] 12} But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed, ¹³ suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions^[b] as they feast with you. ¹⁴ They have eyes full of adultery^(B) and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!^{(C) 15} They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path^(D) and have followed the path of Balaam,^(E) the son of Bosor,^[c] who loved the wages of unrighteousness^{(F) 16} but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.^(G)