Jude 1:13 (GNV)

Passage

They are the raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame: they are wandring starres, to whome is reserued the blackenesse of darkenesse for euer.

Nearby Context

Jude 1:11 Wo be vnto them: for they haue followed the way of Cain, and are cast away by the deceit of Balaams wages, and perish in the gainsaying of Core.

Jude 1:12 These are rockes in your feasts of charitie when they feast with you, without al feare, feeding themselues: cloudes they are without water, caried about of windes, corrupt trees and without fruit, twise dead, and plucked vp by ye rootes.

Jude 1:13 They are the raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame: they are wandring starres, to whome is reserued the blackenesse of darkenesse for euer.

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also the seuenth from Adam, prophecied of such, saying, Beholde, the Lord commeth with thousands of his Saints,

Jude 1:15 To giue iudgement against al men, and to rebuke all the vngodly among them of all their wicked deeds, which they haue vngodly committed, and of all their cruel speakings, which wicked sinners haue spoken against him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "raging", "waues", "foming", "owne", "shame", "wandring", "starres", and "whome". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "raging" and "waues", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "These are rockes in your feasts of..." into verse 14's "And Enoch also the seuenth from Adam...", so "raging" and "waues" 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 "raging" and "waues" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.