⁸ In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord’s authority,^[a] and slander his glorious beings. ⁹ Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the Devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”^{[b] 10} Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct. ¹¹ How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did^[c], rushed headlong into Balaam’s error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened^[d] in Korah’s rebellion. ¹² These people are stains on your love feasts.^[e] They feast with you without any sense of awe.^[f] They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally^[g] dead, and uprooted. ¹³ They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.