Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And now--Since we who serve Jehovah are not prosperous and "the proud" heathen flourish in prosperity, we must pronounce them the favorites of God (Malachi 2:17; Psalms 73:12).
set up--literally, "built up": metaphor from architecture (Proverbs 24:3; compare Genesis 16:2, Margin; Genesis 30:3, Margin.)
tempt God--dare God to punish them, by breaking His laws (Psalms 95:9).
He notices the complaint of the Jews that it is of no profit to serve Jehovah, for that the ungodly proud are happy; and declares He will soon bring the day when it shall be known that He puts an everlasting distinction between the godly and the ungodly.
words . . . stout--Hebrew, "hard"; so "the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him" (Judges 1:15) [HENDERSON].
have we spoken--The Hebrew expresses at once their assiduity and habit of speaking against God [VATABLUS]. The niphal form of the verb implies that these things were said, not directly to God, but of God, to one another (Ezekiel 33:20) [MOORE].
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 12:1
Malachi 3:18
Malachi 4:1
Malachi 4:3
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