ISB ~ Jude 1 v11

Woe to them!:Often a preface to prophetic oracles of judgment (Is 5:8-23; Amos 6:1; Hab 2:6-20). Cain … Balaam’s … Korah’s: Three infamous sinners of the OT.

• Cain was the first murderer in the Bible (Gen 4:1-16). Balaam tried to curse Israel (Num 22-24) and later counseled the women of Moab to seduce Israel into sin (Num 31:15-16). Korah headed a rebellion against the authority of the Israelite priesthood and was consumed in God’s wrath (Num 16:1-40).