² I ^(A)said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”

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.

¹³ suffering wrong as ^(A)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^(B)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,^[a] while ^(C)they feast with you. ¹⁴ They have eyes full of adultery,^{[b] (D)}insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ^(E)trained in greed. ^(F)Accursed children! ¹⁵ Forsaking the right way, ^(G)they have gone astray. They have followed ^(H)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^(I)gain from wrongdoing, ¹⁶ but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^(J)a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

^17 (K)These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. ^(L)For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.

²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ^(A)you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

²⁵ “Woe to you who are full now, for ^(A)you shall be hungry.

“Woe to ^(B)you who laugh now, ^(C)for you shall mourn and weep.