Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
'Ye have luxuriated ... and wantoned.' х Etrufeesate (G5171), luxurious effeminacy; espataleesate (G4684), wantonness and prodigality.] Their luxury was at the expense of the defrauded poor (James 5:4).
On the earth - the same earth, the scene of your wantonness, shall be that of the judgment coming on you: instead of earthly delights, ye shall have punishments.
Nourished your hearts - i:e., glutted your bodies like beasts to your heart's desire: ye live to eat, not eat to live.
As in a day of slaughter. So C. But 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, omit "as." Ye are beasts which eat to their heart's content on the day of their slaughter, unconscious it is near. The phrase answers to "the last days," James 5:3, which favours there, "in," not "for."