John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Lamentations 3:37
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?" F9 So some in Gataker. 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... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:37-41
That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the Lam. 3:21-36, and may taste the sweetness of them, we have here the duties of an afflicted state prescribed to us, in the performance of which we may expect those comforts. I. We must see and acknowledge the hand of God in all the calamities that befal us at any time, whether personal or public, Lam. 3:37, 38. This is here laid down as a great truth, which will help to quiet our spirits under our afflictions and to... read more