John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Malachi 2:17
Ye have wearied the Lord with your words ,.... As well as with their actions; see Isaiah 43:24 this is said after the manner of men, they saying those things which were displeasing and provoking to him, and which he could not bear to hear; or otherwise weariness properly cannot be attributed to God: Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him ? as if they were clear and innocent; or, as the Targum, "if ye should say"; though they might not express themselves in words in such an impudent... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Malachi 2:10-17
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; we here find men dealing falsely with one another, and it is because they think falsely of their God. Observe, I. How corrupt their practices were. In general, they dealt treacherously every man against his brother, Mal. 2:10. It... read more