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Behold, the wages you fraudulently withheld from the laborers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of those harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have gorged yourselves as on the day of slaughter. You have condemned the righteous man and murdered him, even though he offered you no resistance.

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Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C) You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(D) in the day of slaughter.[a](E) You have condemned and murdered(F) the innocent one,(G) who was not opposing you.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting