Lamentations 3:37 NIV

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Lamentations 3:37

Lamentations 3:37. Who is he that saith— "The king of Babylon, and such haughty tyrants, may boast of their power, as if it were equal to that of Omnipotence itself. But still it is God's prerogative to bring to pass whatever he pleases, only by speaking or declaring his purpose." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Lamentations 3:37

37-39. Who is it that can (as God, Psalms 33:9) effect by a word anything, without the will of God? read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:19-40

B. Jeremiah’s hope 3:19-40 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Lamentations 3:37-38

The plans of those who anticipate a particular future only come to fruition if the sovereign Lord ordains them. The Most High is the ultimate source of all good and bad things. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Lamentations 3:1-66

Zion’s Hope in God’s MercyThis third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for himself, but for the nation. The order of thought is sorrow, confession, repentance, prayer. Though consisting of 66 vv. the poem is but a little longer than the others. Three consecutive vv. are built upon each letter of the Heb. alphabet: each triplet is usually closely associated in thought, and consequently grouped together as in the RV.1-18. Zion... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Lamentations 3:37-39

(37-39) New grounds of patient faith are given: (1) In an echo from Psalms 33:9, affirming the sovereignty of God. The evil which He permits is under the control of this loving purpose; and (2) as far as it is not absolute evil, may be said to come from Him. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Lamentations 3:1-66

The Shadow of the Cross (For Palm Sunday) Lamentations 3:19 We celebrate Today an event that stands alone in the sacred life of Jesus, the solitary occasion on which He was publicly honoured and escorted into Jerusalem amid popular rejoicings the central Figure in a grand procession of triumph. Palm Sunday is a day of triumph, but still there is something sad even in the triumph, and so we take our text from Lamentations. I. The Shadow of the Cross. The week which opens with a triumph closes... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:37-39

GOD AND EVILLamentations 3:37-39THE eternal problem of the relation of God to evil is here treated with the keenest discrimination. That God is the supreme and irresistible ruler, that no man can succeed with any design in opposition to His will, that whatever happens must be in some way an execution of His decree, and that He, therefore, is to be regarded as the author of evil as well as good-these doctrines are so taken for granted that they are neither proved nor directly affirmed, but... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Lamentations 3:1-66

CHAPTER 3 The Prophet’s Suffering and Distress This chapter is intensely personal. None but Jeremiah could have written these wonderful expressions of sorrow, the sorrows of the people of God into which he entered so fully, in such a way that they become his own. He shared all their afflictions, bore them himself and then was hated by them. It was the Spirit of Christ who created these feelings in the heart of the prophet. In reading these words of deep distress and the words of faith and... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Lamentations 3:37

3:37 Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord {r} commandeth [it] not?(r) He shows that nothing is done without God’s providence. read more