Lamentations 3:37
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Majority Standard Bible
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 lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
Cross References
Exodus 10:10Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
1 Kings 22:34However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
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 →