Lamentations 3:37
Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
In Context
36to condemn a man unjustly in his judgment, the Lord has not given commandment.
38Out of the mouth of the Most High there shall not come forth evil and good.
Cross References
Exodus 10:10And he said to them, So let the Lord be with you: as I will send you away, must I send away your store also? see that + 10:10 i. e. moral evil, but another reading is πρόκειται, which is nearer to the Hebrew.evil is attached to you.
1 Kings 22:34And one drew a bow with a good aim, and smote the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to his charioteer, Turn thine hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded.
Job 2:10But he looked on her, and said to her, Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.
Psalms 33:9Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him.
Proverbs 19:21There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.
Isaiah 46:10telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned:
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:22-37
Words of Comfort to Israel; The Benefit of Afflictions; Comfort to the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the… Read the whole commentary →