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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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Psa. 33:9‑11• 9For he spake and it was;{HR}He commanded and it stood.
 10Jehovah hath made void the counsel of the Gentiles;{HR}He hath frustrated the devices of the peoples .
 11The counsel of Jehovah shall stand forever,{HR}The devices of his heart to all generations. (Psa. 33:9‑11)
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Prov. 16:9• 9The heart of man deviseth his way,{HR}But Jehovah directeth his steps. (Prov. 16:9)
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Prov. 19:21• 21Many thoughts [are] in a man's heart,{HR}But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand. (Prov. 19:21)
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Prov. 21:30• 30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding{HR}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 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 to Moses he saith, “I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy and will pity whomsoever I pity.” (Rom. 9:15)
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Eph. 1:11• 11in whom we have also obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to [the] purpose of him that worketh all things according to the counsel of his will, (Eph. 1:11)
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James 4:13‑15• 13Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city here, and spend there a year, and traffic and make gain,
 14whereas ye know not what [will be] the morrow. Of what sort [is] your life? Why, it is a vapour that appeareth for a little and then disappeareth,
 15instead of your saying, If the Lord will, we shall both 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?

W. Kelly Translation

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Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when Jehovah commandeth it not?