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Ye have lived in pleasure (ἐτρυφήσατε)
Only here in New Testament. See on 2Pe 2:13, on the kindred noun τρυφή, riot or revel. Rev., ye have lived delicately.
Been wanton (ἐσπαταλήσατε)
Only here and 1Ti 5:6. Ἐτρυφήσατε denotes dainty living: this word, luxurious or prodigal living. Rev., taken your pleasure, is colorless, and is no improvement on the A. V.
As in a day of slaughter (ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σφαγῆς)
All the best texts reject ὡς, as. The meaning of the passage is disputed. Some find the key to it in the words last days (Jam 5:3). The phrase day of slaughter is used for a day of judgment, Jer 12:3; 25:34: (Sept.). According to this, the meaning is, the day of judgment, at the supposed near coming of Christ. Others explain that these men are like beasts, which, on the very day of their slaughter, gorge themselves in unconscious security.