Lamentations 3:37-39

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Who is ^(a)there who speaks and it ^(A)comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?

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Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That ^(b)^(B)both good and ill go forth?

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Why should any living ^(c)mortal, or any man,
Offer ^(C)complaint ^(d)in view of his sins?

a. Lamentations 3:37: ['Lit ', this]

b. Lamentations 3:38: ['Lit ', the evil, ' things ', and the good]

c. Lamentations 3:39: ['Or ', human being]

d. Lamentations 3:39: ['Or ', on the basis of]

A. Lamentations 3:37: Psalm 33:9-11

B. Lamentations 3:38: Job 2:10; Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 32:42

C. Lamentations 3:39: Jeremiah 30:15; Micah 7:9; Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 12:6