Malachi 2:17

Judgment At The Lord's Coming

¹⁶ “If he hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord God of Israel, “he covers his garment with injustice,” says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously. ¹⁷ You have wearied the Lord with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Eyes of the Lord

God of Justice

Good in the Sight of the Lord

In the Sight of God

In the Sight of the Lord

Jehovah

Isaiah 43:24

You have not bought Me aromatic cane with silver,
or satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened Me with your sins;
you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

Zephaniah 1:12

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish the men who settle down comfortably,
who say to themselves:
The Lord will not do good or evil.

Malachi 2:14

Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock—His work is perfect;
all His ways are entirely just.
A faithful God, without prejudice,
He is righteous and true.

1 Samuel 2:3

Do not boast so proudly,
or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and actions are weighed by Him.

Job 34:5-9

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.

Job 34:17

Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

Job 34:36

If only Job were tested to the limit,
because his answers are like those of wicked men.

Job 36:17

Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
judgment and justice have seized you.

Psalm 10:11-13

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He hides His face and will never see.”

Psalm 73:3-15

For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 95:9-10

where your fathers tested Me;
they tried Me, though they had seen what I did.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

Isaiah 1:14

I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals.
They have become a burden to Me;
I am tired of putting up with them.

Isaiah 5:18-20

Woe to those who drag wickedness
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Isaiah 7:13

Isaiah said, “Listen, house of David! Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men? Will you also try the patience of my God?

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,
and is rising up to show you compassion,
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for Him are happy.

Jeremiah 15:6

You have left Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
You have turned your back,
so I have stretched out My hand against you
and destroyed you.
I am tired of showing compassion.

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; He does not see.’

Ezekiel 16:43

Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged Me with all these things, I will also bring your actions down on your own head.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Haven’t you committed immoral acts in addition to all your detestable practices?

Amos 2:13

Look, I am about to crush you in your place
as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.

Malachi 1:6-7

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

Malachi 3:8

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Malachi 3:13-15

“Your words against Me are harsh,” says the Lord.

Yet you ask: “What have we spoken against You?”

Matthew 11:18-19

For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

2 Peter 3:3-4

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,