Lamentations 3:33

“For he doth not afflict willingly, etc.] Or, “from his heart” f77; he does afflict; for all afflictions are from God, but they do not come from the mere motion of his heart, or are the effects of his sovereign will and pleasure, as the good things he bestows upon his people do, without any respect to any cause or occasion in them; but sin is the cause and occasion of these, as Jarchi well observes: it is with reluctance the Lord afflicts his people; he is as it were forced to it, speaking after the manner of men; (see <281108> Hosea 11:8); he does not do it with delight and pleasure; he delights in mercy, but judgment is his strange act; nor does he do it with all his heart and soul, with…”

“He does not afflict any willingly (literally, "from His heart," that is, as if He had any pleasure in it, Eze 33:11), much less the godly (Heb 12:10).”

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“Willingly - Not from his own mere motion without a cause given him from the persons afflicted. Hence judgment is called God's strange work. Lamentations 3:36”

“afflict: Isa 28:21; Eze 18:32, Eze 33:11; Heb 12:9, Heb 12:10 willingly: Heb. from his heart Lamentations 3:34”