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saith: Psalms 33:9-11, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 46:10, Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:15, Ephesians 1:11, James 4:13-15
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:45 - then I Genesis 42:28 - What is Exodus 10:10 - look to it 2 Samuel 17:14 - appointed 1 Kings 11:40 - Solomon sought Nehemiah 4:15 - God Job 10:13 - I know Job 17:11 - purposes Job 22:28 - decree Psalms 33:11 - The counsel Psalms 37:5 - and Ecclesiastes 1:15 - crooked Ecclesiastes 9:11 - but Isaiah 7:7 - General Isaiah 8:10 - counsel Isaiah 14:24 - Surely Jeremiah 19:7 - I will make Jeremiah 44:28 - shall know Ezekiel 20:32 - that which Malachi 1:4 - They shall build Matthew 2:8 - go Matthew 26:5 - Not John 19:11 - Thou Acts 5:23 - The prison Acts 5:38 - for Acts 12:4 - intending Acts 19:21 - purposed Acts 23:16 - when Acts 25:12 - unto Caesar shalt Romans 15:28 - I will Ephesians 1:9 - purposed James 4:15 - If
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass?.... Or, "who [that] says [this shall be], and it cometh to pass?" or, "who [is] he [that] saith [this shall] come to pass?" i this, or that, or the other thing, he wills and desires, and his heart is set upon:
[when] the Lord commandeth [it] not? has not willed and decreed it, but determined the contrary; for nothing escapes his knowledge and foreknowledge; or can resist his will; or control his power; or frustrate his councils, and counterwork his designs; whatever schemes men form to get riches, obtain honour, do mischief to others, prolong life to themselves, and perpetuate their names to posterity, being contrary to the purpose of God, never succeed; whenever they do succeed in any of the above instances, it is because God has commanded, or he has determined, it should be so; as in the instances of Joseph's brethren, in their usage of him; and of the Jews, in the crucifixion of Christ, Proverbs 16:9. The Targum is,
"who is the man that saith, and evil is done in the world; but because they have done what was not commanded from the mouth of the Lord?''
i So some in Gataker.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Why then does a loving God, who disapproves of suffering when inflicted by man upon man, Himself send sorrow and misery? “Because of sins.”
Lamentations 3:37
Literally, “Who is this that spake and it was done, though אדני 'ădonāy commanded it not?”
Lamentations 3:39
So long as God spares a man’s life, why does he complain? The chastisement is really for his good; only let him use it aright, and he will be thankful for it in the end.
A man for the punishment of his sins - Translate: Let “each man sigh for,” i. e. because of, “his sins.” Instead of complaining because God sends him sorrow, let him rather mourn over the sins which have made punishment necessary. The sense of the King James Version is, Why does a man ... complain “for his sins?” i. e. for the necessary results of them in chastisement.