Malachi 2:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, “How did we do that?” You did it by saying, “The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice.”

Cross References

Job 34:17

The mighty God is the one who brings about justice, and you are condemning him.

Job 34:36

So I pray for you to suffer as much as possible for talking like a sinner.

Job 36:17

Now that the judgment for your sins has fallen upon you,

Job 9:24

And who else but God blindfolds the judges, then lets the wicked take over the earth?

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When we see criminals commit crime after crime without being punished, it makes us want to start a life of crime.

Isaiah 1:14

I hate your New Moon Festivals and all others as well. They are a heavy burden I am tired of carrying.

Isaiah 29:15

You are in for trouble, if you try to hide your plans from the LORD! Or if you think what you do in the dark can't be seen.

Isaiah 30:18

The LORD God is waiting to show how kind he is and to have pity on you. The LORD always does right; he blesses those who trust him.

Isaiah 43:22

I, the LORD, said to Israel: You have become weary, but not from worshipping me.

Isaiah 43:24

You have not brought delicious spices for me or given me the best part of your sacrificed animals. Instead, you burden me down with your terrible sins.

Isaiah 7:13

Then I said: Listen, every one of you in the royal family of David. You have already tried my patience. Now you are trying God's patience by refusing to ask for proof.

Jeremiah 12:1

Whenever I complain to you, LORD, you are always fair. But now I have questions about your justice. Why is life easy for sinners? Why are they successful?

Jeremiah 15:6

My people, you abandoned me and walked away. I am tired of showing mercy; that's why I'll destroy you

Jeremiah 17:15

The people of Judah say to me, “Jeremiah, you claimed to tell us what the LORD has said. So why hasn't it come true?”

Jeremiah 44:22

And when he could no longer put up with your disgusting sins, he placed a curse on your land and turned it into a desert, as it is today.

Ezekiel 16:43

You made me furious by doing all these disgusting things and by forgetting how I took care of you when you were young. Then you made things worse by acting like a prostitute. You must be punished! I, the LORD God, have spoken.

Ezekiel 18:25

You people of Israel accuse me of being unfair! But listen—I'm not unfair; you are!

Ezekiel 8:12

God said, “Ezekiel, do you see what horrible things Israel's leaders are doing in secret? They have filled their rooms with idols. And they say I can't see them, because they think I have already deserted Israel.

Ezekiel 9:9

The LORD answered, “The people of Israel and Judah have done horrible things. Their country is filled with murderers, and Jerusalem itself is filled with violence. They think that I have deserted them, and that I can't see what they are doing.

Amos 2:13

And so I will crush you, just as a wagon full of grain crushes the ground.

Zephaniah 1:12

I'll search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those people who sit there unworried while thinking, “The LORD won't do anything, good or bad.”

Malachi 2:14

And why isn't God pleased? It's because he knows that each of you men has been unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young. You promised that she would be your partner, but now you have broken that promise.

Malachi 3:8

You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, “How are we robbing you?” You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten per cent that belongs to me.

Deuteronomy 32:4

The LORD is a mighty rock, and he never does wrong. God can always be trusted to bring justice.

1 Samuel 2:3

I can tell those proud people, “Stop your boasting! Nothing is hidden from the LORD, and he judges what we do.”