Jude 1:14 (ASV)

Passage

And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Nearby Context

Jude 1:12 These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Jude 1:13 Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved forever.

Jude 1:14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Jude 1:15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Jude 1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words]), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "enoch", "seventh", "adam", "prophesied", "saying", "behold", "lord", and "came". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "enoch" and "seventh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Wild waves of the sea foaming out..." into verse 15's "to execute judgment upon all and to...", so "enoch" and "seventh" belong inside that flow. In Jude context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "enoch" and "seventh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.