Malachi 2:17

Modern English Version

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Cross References

Isaiah 43:24

You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have made Me burdened with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, “The Lord will not do good, nor will He do evil.”

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of people is fully set to do evil.

Amos 2:13

Behold, I will slow you down, as a wagon is slowed that is full of sheaves.

Ezekiel 16:43

Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have enraged Me in all these things, behold, I also will recompense your way upon your head, says the Lord God, so that you shall not commit this lewdness above all your other abominations.

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

Jeremiah 15:6

You who have forsaken Me, says the Lord, you keep going backward. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. I am weary of relenting!

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore, the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore, He waits on high to have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all who long for Him.

Isaiah 7:13

Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David. Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

Isaiah 1:14

My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; they are a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

Job 36:17

But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice take hold of you.

Job 34:17

Should he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just?

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not multiply proud speech, nor let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him actions are examined.

Malachi 3:8

Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, “How have we robbed You?” In tithes and offerings.

Malachi 2:14

Yet you say, “Why?” It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city is full of perverseness, for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

Job 34:36

My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end, because he answers like wicked men.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the rock; His work is perfect; for all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

Job 9:24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the Lord and whose works are done in the dark, and they say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

Isaiah 43:22

But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel.

Jeremiah 17:15

Behold, they say to me, “Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now!”

Jeremiah 44:22

So the Lord could no longer bear it because of the evil of your deeds and because of the abominations which you have committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

Ezekiel 18:25

Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not right.” Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not My way right? Are not your ways not right?

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O  Lord, that I plead with You. Indeed, let me talk with You about matters of justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?