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

where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.

So Isaiah replied, "Pay attention, family of David. Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?

You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds.

I, the Lord, say: 'You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.' So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!"

"'Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices?

Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down.

Every

"You have criticized me sharply," says the Lord, "but you ask, 'How have we criticized you?'

For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

Where

As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.

Don't keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."

When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

He said to me, "Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think, 'The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!'"

He said to me, "The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, for they say, 'The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!'

At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, those who think to themselves, 'The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.'

Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges