Malachi 2:17
Yahweh also says, “What you have said has caused me to become disgusted.” You reply, “What have we said that caused him to become disgusted?” The answer is that you have caused him to become disgusted by saying that Yahweh is pleased with all those who do evil things. You have caused him to become disgusted by constantly asking, “Why does God not act fairly?”
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Deuteronomy 32:4He is like a rock [MET] under which we are protected; everything that he does is perfect and completely just/fair [DOU]. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong.
Job 34:5Job has said, ‘I am innocent, but God has refused to judge me fairly/justly.
Job 34:36I think that Job should be taken to a court and ◄put on trial/judged►, because he answers us his friends like wicked men would answer.
Psalms 10:11Wicked people say, “God will not pay any attention to what we do. His eyes are covered, so he never sees anything.”
Psalms 95:9There your ancestors ◄wanted to see/tried to determine► if they could do many very evil things without my punishing them. Even though they had seen me perform many miracles, they tested whether I would continue to be patient with them.
Isaiah 1:14I [SYN] hate all your celebrations of each new moon and the other festivals that you celebrate each year. They are like [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
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 →