Lamentations 3:37
Who [is] this—he has spoken, and it is, || [And] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
In Context
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord has not approved.
38From the mouth of the Most High does not go forth the evils and the good.
Cross References
Exodus 10:10And he says to them, “Be it so, YHWH [is] with you when I send you and your infants away; see—for evil [is] before your faces.
1 Kings 22:34And a man has drawn with a bow in his simplicity, and strikes the king of Israel between the joinings and the coat of mail, and he says to his charioteer, “Turn your hand, and take me out from the camp, for I have become sick.”
Job 2:10And he says to her, “As one of the foolish women speaks, you speak; indeed, do we receive the good from God, and we do not receive the bad?” In all this Job has not sinned with his lips.
Psalms 33:9For He has spoken, and it is, || He has commanded, and it stands.
Proverbs 19:21The purposes in a man’s heart [are] many, || And the counsel of YHWH—it stands.
Isaiah 46:10Declaring the latter end from the beginning, || And from of old that which has not been done, || Saying, My counsel stands, || And all My delight I do.
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 →