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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:37 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who is he that saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
commandeth
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
it not?

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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saith.
Psa. 33:9‑11• 9For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast.
 10Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.
 11The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. (Psa. 33:9‑11)
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Prov. 16:9• 9The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps. (Prov. 16:9)
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Prov. 19:21• 21Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand. (Prov. 19:21)
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Prov. 21:30• 30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah. (Prov. 21:30)
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Isa. 46:10• 10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; (Isa. 46:10)
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Dan. 4:35• 35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:35)
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Rom. 9:15• 15For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion. (Rom. 9:15)
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Eph. 1:11• 11in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his own will, (Eph. 1:11)
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James 4:13‑15• 13Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
 14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ( for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
 15instead of your saying, If the Lord should so will and we should live, we will also do this or that. (James 4:13‑15)
• {v.37-39} The utter ignorance of the future on man's part is next set before us....All is plainly declared by God. But complainers are never satisfied nor otherwise right. It were better to complain of ourselves, yea every man because of his sins. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 3:22-42” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?