Malachi 2:17

The Scriptures 2009

You have wearied יהוה with your words, and you have said, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of יהוה, and He is delighting in them,” or, “Where is the Elohim of right-ruling?”

Cross References

Job 34:17

Should the one who hates right-ruling govern? Or would you declare a most righteous one wrong?

Job 34:36

Would that Iyoḇ be tried to the end, since his answers are like those of wicked men!

Job 36:17

But you are filled with the judgment of the wrong, judgment and right-ruling take hold of you.

Job 9:24

Earth has been given into the hand of the wrong. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is filled in them to do evil.

Isaiah 1:14

“My being hates your New Moons and your appointed times, they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.

Isaiah 29:15

Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from יהוה, and their works are in the dark; they say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore יהוה shall wait, to show you favour. And therefore He shall be exalted, to have compassion on you. For יהוה is an Elohim of right-ruling. Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Isaiah 43:22

“But you have not called on Me, O Ya‛aqoḇ, for you have been weary of Me, O Yisra’ĕl.

Isaiah 43:24

“You have not bought Me sweet cane with silver, nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your slaughterings. You have only burdened Me with your sins, you have wearied Me with your crookednesses.

Isaiah 7:13

And he said, “Hear now, O house of Dawiḏ! Is it not enough that you weary men, that you weary my Elohim also?

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O יהוה, when I plead with You. Indeed, let me speak with You about right-rulings. Why has the way of the wrong prospered? All the workers of treachery are at ease?

Jeremiah 15:6

“You who have forsaken Me,” declares יהוה, “you have gone backward. Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. I have been weary of relenting!

Jeremiah 17:15

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

Jeremiah 44:22

“And יהוה could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your deeds and because of the abominations which you did. Therefore your land is a ruin, an object of astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

Ezekiel 16:43

“Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but troubled Me with all this, so see, I shall also bring your way on your own head,” declares the Master יהוה. “And shall I not do this thought for all your abominations?

Ezekiel 18:25

“And you said, ‘The way of יהוה is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Yisra’ĕl, is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?

Ezekiel 8:12

And He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Yisra’ĕl are doing in the dark, each one in the room of his idols? For they say, ‘יהוה does not see us, יהוה has forsaken the land.’ ”

Ezekiel 9:9

And He said to me, “The crookedness of the house of Yisra’ĕl and Yehuḏah is exceedingly great, and the land is filled with bloodshed, and the city filled with that which is warped. For they say, ‘יהוה has forsaken the land, and יהוה is not seeing!’

Amos 2:13

“See, I am weighed down by you, as a wagon is weighed down when filled with sheaves.

Zephaniah 1:12

“And at that time it shall be, that I search Yerushalayim with lamps and punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘יהוה does no good, nor does He evil.’

Malachi 2:14

And you said, “Why?” Because יהוה has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have acted treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.

Malachi 3:8

“Would a man rob Elohim? Yet you are robbing Me! But you said, ‘In what have we robbed You?’ In the tithe and the offering!

Deuteronomy 32:4

“The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are right-ruling, An Ěl of truth and without unrighteousness, Righteous and straight is He.

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not multiply words so proudly, proudly; let no arrogance come from your mouth, for יהוה is an Ěl of knowledge, and by Him deeds are weighed.