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Questioning God's Justice
The people accused God because they saw the wicked prosper while they suffered, essentially asking, "What's the point of serving God if it doesn't pay off?" Commentators note this is a common struggle, similar to Psalm 73, but here it has turned from a personal lament into a direct, insolent accusation against God's character and fairness.
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Malachi
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Albert Barnes
On Malachi 3:13
18th Century
Theologian
Your words have been stout against Me—probably meaning "oppressive to Me," as it is said, the famine was strong upon the land. And …
Charles Ellicott
On Malachi 3:1–18
19th Century
Bishop
REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:18).
Charles Spurgeon
On Malachi 3:13–15
19th Century
Preacher
Those were indeed bad old times when the mass of the people looked only to their own temporal comfort. When they saw the wicked become rich, they w…
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John Calvin
On Malachi 3:13–15
16th Century
Theologian
Here again God reasons earnestly with the Jews because of their impious and wicked blasphemy in saying that He disappointed His servants, and that …
John Gill
On Malachi 3:13
17th Century
Pastor
Your words have been stout against me, says the Lord ,
&c.] Hard and strong; they bore very hardly upon him, were ex…
Matthew Henry
On Malachi 3:13–18
17th Century
Minister
Among the Jews at this time, some plainly revealed themselves to be children of the wicked one. The yoke of Christ is easy. But those who work wick…