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Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit

17 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,[a] and he delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:17 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

Purifying judgment

17 You have made the Lord tired with your words.
You say, “How have we made him tired?”
    When you say:
        “Anyone doing evil is good in the Lord’s eyes,”
        or “He delights in those doing evil,”[a]
        or “Where is the God of justice?”

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:17 Or them