Malachi 2:17

Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words; Yet ye say, “Wherein have we wearied him?” In that ye say, “Every one of them that do evil Is good in the sight of Jehovah, And in them he hath delight”; Or, “Where is the God of judgment?”

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In The King James Version

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

In Context

16For I hate him that putteth away, Saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, And him that covereth his garment with violence, Saith Jehovah of hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and be not unfaithful.

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Cross References

Job 34:5Job hath said, “I am righteous, And God refuseth me justice.

Job 34:36I desire that Job may be tried to the last, For answering like wicked men.

Psalms 10:11He saith in his heart, “God doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it.”

Psalms 95:9Where your fathers tempted me And tried me, although they had seen my works.

Isaiah 1:14Your new moons and your feasts my soul hateth; They are a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:11-17

Unlawful Marriages; Breach of the Marriage-covenant; Charge of Corrupt Principles. ( b. c. 400.) 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this,… Read the whole commentary →

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