God you delight in evil!" "Where is the God of justice?" Israel was saying all the wrong things about who God was and in turn God told them through Malachi that their words were wearisome to Him. Their words revealed a deeper problem and that was their hypocrisy. Is there any hope? Yes through God's messenger who will come.
Israel was in ruins, God's people had lost sight of God's goodness and His love. God used Malachi to remind Israel of the hope that they could have in God. Malachi's message is applicable for the church today in so many ways.