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By saying, &#8220All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them&#8221 or &#8220Where is the God of justice?&#8221 <a href="/nlt/malachi/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?” <a href="/esv/malachi/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?” <a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?” <a href="/kjv/malachi/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/malachi/2.htm">New King James Version</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words; Yet you say, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that 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?” <a href="/nasb_/malachi/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that 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?” <a href="/nasb/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, &#8220How have we wearied Him?&#8221 In that you say, &#8220Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delights in them,&#8221 or, &#8220Where is the God of justice?&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that 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?” <a href="/lsb/malachi/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?” <a href="/amp/malachi/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delights in them,” or [by asking], “Where is the God of justice?” <a href="/csb/malachi/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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 delighted with them, or else where is the God of justice? ” <a href="/hcsb/malachi/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you ask, &#8220How have we wearied Him?&#8221 When you say, &#8220Everyone who does what is evil is good in the LORD&#8217s sight, and He is pleased with them,&#8221 or &#8220Where is the God of justice?"&#8221 <a href="/asv/malachi/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice? <a href="/cev/malachi/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, "How did we do that?" You did it by saying, "The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice." <a href="/erv/malachi/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that 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? <a href="/gwt/malachi/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You have tried the patience of the LORD with your words. But you ask, "How have we tried his patience?" When you say, "Everyone who does evil is considered good by the LORD. He is pleased with them," or "Where is the God of justice?" <a href="/gnt/malachi/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> You have tired the LORD out with your talk. But you ask, "How have we tired him?" By saying, "The LORD Almighty thinks all evildoers are good; in fact he likes them." Or by asking, "Where is the God who is supposed to be just?" <a href="/isv/malachi/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> "You have wearied the LORD with your words. You ask, 'How have we wearied you?' By your saying, 'All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD and he's pleased with them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'" <a href="/msb/malachi/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, ?How have we wearied Him?? By saying, ?All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,? or, ?Where is the God of justice?? <a href="/net/malachi/2.htm">NET Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" Because you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord's opinion, and he delights in them," or "Where is the God of justice?" <a href="/nheb/malachi/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that 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?' <a href="/wbt/malachi/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, In what 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? <a href="/web/malachi/2.htm">World English Bible</a> You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ In that you say, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in Yahweh’s sight, and he delights in them;’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/malachi/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You have wearied YHWH with your words, "" And you have said, “In what have we wearied Him?” In your saying, “Every evildoer [is] good in the eyes of YHWH, "" And He is delighting in them,” "" Or, “Where [is] the God of judgment?” <a href="/ylt/malachi/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: 'In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: 'Every evil-doer is good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, 'Where is the God of judgment?' <a href="/slt/malachi/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Ye wearied Jehovah with your words: and ye said, In what did we weary? In your saying, Every one doing evil is good in the eyes of Jehovah, and he delighted in them; or, Where the God of judgment?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/malachi/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment? <a href="/cpdv/malachi/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said, “In what way, have we wearied him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and such as these please him,” or certainly, “Where is the God of judgment?” <a href="/nabre/malachi/2.htm">New American Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words, yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All evildoers are good in the sight of the LORD, And he is pleased with them,” or “Where is the just God?” <a href="/nrsvce/malachi/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/malachi/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> You have wearied the LORD with your words. And if you say, In what have we wearied him? In that you say, Every one who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in such; or, Where is the God who judges righteous judgments? <a href="/hpbt/malachi/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You have wearied LORD JEHOVAH with your words, and if you say: ”By what have we wearied him? ”, it is in that you say that everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of LORD JEHOVAH, and he is pleased with them; else where is the God who judges judgment? <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/malachi/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say: 'Wherein have we wearied Him?' In that 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 justice?' <a href="/sep/malachi/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> ye that have provoked God with your words. But ye said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that ye say, Every one that does evil is a pleasing object in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in such; and where is the God of justice? <a href="/parallel/malachi/2-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=424" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Judah's Unfaithfulness</a> …16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith. 17<a href="/hebrew/3021.htm" title="3021: hō·w·ḡa‘·tem (V-Hifil-Perf-2mp) -- To toil, grow or be weary. A primitive root; properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.">You have wearied</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: bə·ḏiḇ·rê·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">with your words;</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wa·’ă·mar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">yet you ask,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: bam·māh (Prep-b:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“How</a> <a href="/hebrew/3021.htm" title="3021: hō·w·ḡā·‘ə·nū (V-Hifil-Perf-1cp) -- To toil, grow or be weary. A primitive root; properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.">have we wearied Him?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: be·’ĕ·mā·rə·ḵem (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2mp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">By saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">“All</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śêh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">who do</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·wḇ (Adj-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">are good</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nê (Prep-b:: N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in the sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/ū·ḇā·hem (Conj-w:: Prep:: 3mp) -- ">and in them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654: ḥā·p̄êṣ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.">delights,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or,</a> <a href="/hebrew/346.htm" title="346: ’ay·yêh (Interrog) -- Where?. Prolonged from 'ay; where?.">“Where</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">is the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: ham·miš·pāṭ (Art:: N-ms) -- Judgment. ">of justice?”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a> Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a> You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities. <a href="/jeremiah/44-15.htm">Jeremiah 44:15-19</a> Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah, / “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! / Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster. ... <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1</a> Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? <a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-14</a> For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. / They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. / They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men. ... <a href="/psalms/94-3.htm">Psalm 94:3-7</a> How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult? / They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast. / They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage. ... <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:11-13</a> When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil. / Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. / Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. <a href="/job/21-7.htm">Job 21:7-15</a> Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? / Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. / Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them. ... <a href="/job/24-1.htm">Job 24:1-12</a> “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days? / Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks. / They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge. ... <a href="/ezekiel/18-25.htm">Ezekiel 18:25</a> Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust? <a href="/ezekiel/33-17.htm">Ezekiel 33:17-20</a> Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just. / If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it. / But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this. ... <a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Zephaniah 1:12</a> And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’ <a href="/matthew/11-16.htm">Matthew 11:16-19</a> To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: / ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ / For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ ... <a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Matthew 23:29-36</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous. / And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ / So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. ... <a href="/luke/18-1.htm">Luke 18:1-8</a> Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: / “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. / And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?wearied.<a href="/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalm 95:9,10</a> When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work… <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14</a> Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.<a href="/isaiah/7-13.htm">Isaiah 7:13</a> And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?Wherein.<a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Malachi 2:14</a> Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.<a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6,7</a> A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? … <a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8</a> Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.Every.<a href="/malachi/3-13.htm">Malachi 3:13-15</a> Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? … <a href="/job/34-5.htm">Job 34:5-9,17,36</a> For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment… <a href="/job/36-17.htm">Job 36:17</a> But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.Where.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Deuteronomy 32:4</a> He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.<a href="/1_samuel/2-3.htm">1 Samuel 2:3</a> Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.<a href="/psalms/10-11.htm">Psalm 10:11-13</a> He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Delighteth</a> <a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/malachi/2-6.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/malachi/1-5.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">Good</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-16.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-16.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-9.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/micah/6-3.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Wherein</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-9.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/3-12.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/numbers/14-8.htm">Delighteth</a> <a href="/matthew/27-43.htm">Delights</a> <a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/malachi/3-11.htm">Good</a> <a href="/matthew/5-25.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/matthew/2-10.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/john/4-6.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/malachi/3-7.htm">Wherein</a> <a href="/malachi/3-13.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 2</div>1. <a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;</a> 10. <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">and the people for marrying strange wives;</a> 13. <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">and for putting away their former ones,</a> 17. <a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">and for infidelity.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/malachi/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/malachi/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You have wearied the LORD with your words; This phrase indicates that the people of Israel have exhausted God's patience through their persistent complaints and accusations. In the context of Malachi, the Israelites are returning from exile and are disillusioned with their circumstances, leading them to question God's justice and faithfulness. This weariness reflects a broader biblical theme where God is patient but can be grieved by persistent unbelief and disobedience, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a> and <a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10</a>.yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” The people's response shows a lack of self-awareness and understanding of their spiritual condition. This rhetorical question highlights their ignorance or denial of their own sinfulness. It echoes the attitude of self-righteousness found in other parts of Scripture, such as in the Pharisees' interactions with Jesus (<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>), where they fail to recognize their own hypocrisy.By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” This accusation against the people suggests a moral inversion, where they claim that God approves of evil deeds. This reflects a misunderstanding of God's character, as He is holy and just (<a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a>). The Israelites' perception may have been influenced by their difficult circumstances, leading them to doubt God's justice. This mirrors the complaint in <a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm">Habakkuk 1:13</a>, where the prophet questions why God tolerates wrongdoing.or, “Where is the God of justice?” This question challenges God's presence and His role as a just judge. It reflects a common biblical theme where people question God's justice in the face of apparent prosperity of the wicked, as seen in <a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-12</a>. The Israelites' impatience for divine intervention reveals their limited understanding of God's timing and justice, which is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who embodies perfect justice and righteousness (<a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25-26</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is being wearied by the people's words and attitudes. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a> The audience of Malachi's prophecy, who are questioning God's justice and expressing cynicism about His moral governance. 3. <a href="/topical/m/malachi.htm">Malachi</a> The prophet delivering God's message, addressing the spiritual and moral decline of the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_evildoers.htm">The Evildoers</a> Those whom the people claim are seen as good in the sight of the LORD, reflecting a misunderstanding of God's justice. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_concept_of_justice.htm">The Concept of Justice</a> A central theme in this verse, highlighting the people's doubt about God's righteous judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_patience.htm">Understanding God's Patience</a> God's delay in judgment is not approval of sin but an opportunity for repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_cynicism.htm">The Danger of Cynicism</a> Questioning God's justice can lead to spiritual weariness and moral compromise. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith_in_god's_justice.htm">The Importance of Faith in God's Justice</a> Trust in God's ultimate justice, even when it seems delayed, is crucial for maintaining faith. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_our_words.htm">Guarding Our Words</a> Our words reflect our heart's condition; we must speak in faith and truth, not in doubt and cynicism. <a href="/topical/r/recognizing_god's_sovereignty.htm">Recognizing God's Sovereignty</a> Acknowledge that God's ways and timing are perfect, even when they are beyond our understanding.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 2</a> <a href="/q/what's_malachi's_main_message.htm">What is the main message of the Book of Malachi?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_malachi_3_1's_messenger_compare.htm">Malachi 3:1 – How does the promised messenger align with or differ from other Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah? </a> <a href="/q/purpose_of_the_book_of_remembrance.htm">What is the purpose of the Book of Remembrance?</a> <a href="/q/malachi_on_israel's_faith_and_god's_promises.htm">How does Malachi address Israel's faithfulness and God's promises?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (<a href="/malachi/2-17.htm" title="You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?">Malachi 2:17</a> to <a href="/malachi/3-18.htm" title="Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.">Malachi 3:18</a>).(17) A new section of the prophecy begins with this verse. The prophet now directs his reproofs against the people for their discontent and their want of faith in the promises of God, because the expected manifestation of God's glory did not take place immediately. Because the doers of evil seem to flourish, the people say that God takes delight in them, "or" i.e., if this be not the case, "Where is the God of judgment?" that He does not interpose to punish them. (Comp. Psalms 73, &c.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17-ch. 4:6. - Part III. THE DAY OF THE LORD. Verse 17-ch. 3:6. - § 1. The faithless people, disheartened by present circumstances, doubted God's providence, and disbelieved his promises; but the prophet announces the coming of the Lord to judgment, preceded by his messenger. He shall refine his people and exterminate sinners. Verse 17. - Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. This is the introduction to the new section. The prophet makes his charge. The faithless multitude have, as it were, worn out God's patience by their murmuring and discontent. Because their expectations of prosperity and glory were not at once fulfilled, they called in question God's justice and holiness, and even the future judgment. The LXX. connects this verse with the preceding, Καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπητε οἱ παροξύναντες τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις ὑμῶν "And forsake them not, ye who provoked God with your words" But it is best to take this as the beginning of a new subject. Yet ye say. This is the usual sceptical objection. Everyone that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord. They complain that, though they are (Jolt's peculiar people, they are left in low estate, while the heathen, men that "do evil," are happy and prosperous (comp. <a href="/psalms/37.htm">Psalm 37, 73</a>.). He delighteth in them. They choose to consider that the worldly prosperity of the heathen is a sign of God's special favour, or else that he acts unjustly. Where is the God of judgment? (<a href="/isaiah/30-18.htm">Isaiah 30:18</a>). Why does not God perform his promises to Israel, and execute vengeance on the enemy? <a href="/commentaries/malachi/2-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You have wearied הוֹגַעְתֶּ֤ם (hō·w·ḡa‘·tem) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3021.htm">Strong's 3021: </a> To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel with your words; בְּדִבְרֵיכֶ֔ם (bə·ḏiḇ·rê·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause yet you ask, וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (wa·’ă·mar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “How בַּמָּ֣ה (bam·māh) Preposition-b | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what have we wearied Him?” הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ (hō·w·ḡā·‘ə·nū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3021.htm">Strong's 3021: </a> To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil By saying, בֶּאֱמָרְכֶ֗ם (be·’ĕ·mā·rə·ḵem) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “All כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who do עֹ֨שֵׂה (‘ō·śêh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make evil רָ֜ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil [are] good ט֣וֹב ׀ (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> Pleasant, agreeable, good in the sight בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain of the LORD, יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and in them וּבָהֶם֙ (ū·ḇā·hem) Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> He ה֣וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are delights,” חָפֵ֔ץ (ḥā·p̄êṣ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2654.htm">Strong's 2654: </a> To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire or, א֥וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if “Where אַיֵּ֖ה (’ay·yêh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_346.htm">Strong's 346: </a> Where? is the God אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of justice?” הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ (ham·miš·pāṭ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 2:17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/2-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 2:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 2:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/3-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 3:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 3:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>