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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 spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
 10The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
 11The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. (Psa. 33:9‑11)
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Prov. 16:9• 9A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. (Prov. 16:9)
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Prov. 19:21• 21There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. (Prov. 19:21)
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Prov. 21:30• 30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. (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 heaven, 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 saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. (Rom. 9:15)
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Eph. 1:11• 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (Eph. 1:11)
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James 4:13‑15• 13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
 14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
 15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and 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?