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Malachi 2:17 KJV
Malachi · chapter 2 · verse 17
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?Malachi 2:17 · King James Version
Malachi 2:17 in context
15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17Ye 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- delightethchâphêtsproperly, to incline toH2654 →
- weariedyâgaʻproperly, to gaspH3021 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- doethʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- sightʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Corrupt practices are the genuine fruit and product of corrupt principles; and the badness of men's hearts and lives is owing to some loose atheistical notions which they have got and which they govern themselves by. Now, in these verses, we have an instance of this;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-17