Malachi 2:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Wearied

Amos 2:13

Every

Matthew 11:18

Where

Bible References

Wearied

When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.

And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?

You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

You have given me up, says the Lord, you have gone back: so my hand is stretched out against you for your destruction; I am tired of changing my purpose.

Because you have not kept in mind the days when you were young, but have been troubling me with all these things; for this reason I will make the punishment of your ways come on your head, says the Lord, because you have done this evil thing in addition to all your disgusting acts.

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.

Every

Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

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Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

Where

He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!

For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.

And it will come about at that time, that I will go searching through Jerusalem with lights; and I will send punishment on the men who have become like wine stored over-long, who say to themselves, The Lord will not do good and will not do evil.

Having first of all the knowledge that in the last days there will be men who, ruled by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things,