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Questioning God's Justice
The people, seeing the wicked prosper while they struggled, voiced a complaint common even today. They accused God of either favoring evil people or being absent altogether, asking, "Where is the God of judgment?" Commentators explain this cynical challenge wearies God because it attacks His very nature as a just and righteous ruler.
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Malachi
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Albert Barnes
On Malachi 2:17
18th Century
Theologian
You have wearied the Lord with your words - By your blasphemous words, full of unbelief and mistrust, you have, in a way, wearied God. He sp…
Charles Ellicott
On Malachi 2:17
19th Century
Bishop
REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:18).
John Calvin
On Malachi 2:17
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet here reproves the Jews who expostulated with God in their adversity, as though he had undeservedly forsaken them and had not brought th…
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John Gill
On Malachi 2:17
17th Century
Pastor
You have wearied the Lord with your words As well as with their actions; see (Isaiah 43:24) this is said afte…
Matthew Henry
On Malachi 2:10–17
17th Century
Minister
Corrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he who is false to his God will not be true to his fellow human beings. In contempt of t…