24 You have bought Me no sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
But you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have (A)wearied Me with your iniquities.

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24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus(A) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat(B) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied(C) me with your offenses.(D)

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13 Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

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13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!(A) Is it not enough(B) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience(C) of my God(D) also?

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20 (A)For what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense (B)from Sheba,
And (C)sweet cane from a far country?
(D)Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

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20 What do I care about incense from Sheba(A)
    or sweet calamus(B) from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;(C)
    your sacrifices(D) do not please me.”(E)

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14 Your (A)New Moons and your (B)appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.

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14 Your New Moon(A) feasts and your appointed festivals(B)
    I hate with all my being.(C)
They have become a burden to me;(D)
    I am weary(E) of bearing them.

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Then those of you who escape will (A)remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because (B)I was crushed by their adulterous heart which has departed from Me, and (C)by their eyes which play the harlot after their idols; (D)they will loathe themselves for the evils which they committed in all their abominations.

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Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember(A) me—how I have been grieved(B) by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols.(C) They will loathe themselves for the evil(D) they have done and for all their detestable practices.(E)

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13 And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.
14 Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and (A)the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
(B)Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
15 But (C)did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks (D)godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.

16 “For (E)the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”

17 (F)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?
In that you say,
(G)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

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13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(A) You weep and wail(B) because he no longer looks with favor(C) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(D) 14 You ask,(E) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(F) between you and the wife of your youth.(G) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(H)

15 Has not the one God made you?(I) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](J) So be on your guard,(K) and do not be unfaithful(L) to the wife of your youth.

16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,(M)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[b](N) says the Lord Almighty.

So be on your guard,(O) and do not be unfaithful.

Breaking Covenant Through Injustice

17 You have wearied(P) the Lord with your words.

“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(Q)

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(R) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(S)

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
  2. Malachi 2:16 Or “I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,”

10 But they (A)rebelled and (B)grieved His Holy Spirit;
(C)So He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
And He fought against them.

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10 Yet they rebelled(A)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(B)
So he turned and became their enemy(C)
    and he himself fought(D) against them.

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10 For (A)forty years I was [a]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’

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  1. Psalm 95:10 disgusted

10 For forty years(A) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,(B)
    and they have not known my ways.’(C)

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(A)I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
(B)For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13 (C)Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?

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I have no need of a bull(A) from your stall
    or of goats(B) from your pens,(C)
10 for every animal of the forest(D) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.(E)
11 I know every bird(F) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields(G) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world(H) is mine, and all that is in it.(I)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

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14 “But cursed be (A)the deceiver
Who has in his flock a male,
And takes a vow,
But sacrifices to the Lord (B)what is blemished—
For (C)I am a great King,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“And My name is to be feared among the nations.

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14 “Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal(A) to the Lord. For I am a great king,(B)” says the Lord Almighty,(C) “and my name is to be feared(D) among the nations.(E)

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13 “Behold,(A) I am [a]weighed down by you,
As a cart full of sheaves [b]is weighed down.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:13 Or tottering under
  2. Amos 2:13 Or totters

13 “Now then, I will crush you
    as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.(A)

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43 Because (A)you did not remember the days of your youth, but [a]agitated Me with all these things, surely (B)I will also recompense your [b]deeds on your own head,” says the Lord God. “And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:43 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT were agitated with Me
  2. Ezekiel 16:43 Lit. way

43 “‘Because you did not remember(A) the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down(B) on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?(C)

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24 Therefore the Lord says,
The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, (A)I will [a]rid Myself of My adversaries,
And [b]take vengeance on My enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:24 be relieved of
  2. Isaiah 1:24 avenge Myself

24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One(A) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge(B) myself on my enemies.(C)

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