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Jam 5:1. Οἱ πλούσιοι, ye rich men) [who have neglected the true enjoyment of riches in doing good, Jam 5:2-3.-V. g.] In the writings of the prophets, foreign nations are often addressed by apostrophe, although the prophecy would not come into their hands, but to the Jews. Under the same figure, the apostle speaks of the rich, though he does not so much write to the rich themselves, who are destitute of faith, as to the saints, that they may be induced to bear with patience the violence of the rich, Jam 5:7.-ταλαιπωρίαις, miseries) This was written a few years before the siege of Jerusalem.-ἐπερχομέναις, coming upon you) unexpectedly and swiftly.