But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.
These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.
Along with an onslaught of mixed metaphors there are words that sound eerily familiar.
I know nothing about the surrounding cities of Sodom and Gomorrah but it sounds like Los Angeles and New York City.
I don’t know what hidden reefs means or how a fruit tree can die twice but I can see other behaviors that sound familiar with what is going on in the world right now.
With God’s help perhaps I can do this; building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt;