Lamentations 3:37

“Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass? etc.] Or, “who [that] says [this shall be], and it cometh to pass?” or, “who [is] he [that] saith [this shall] come to pass?” f81 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,…”

“Who is it that can (as God, Psa 33:9) effect by a word anything, without the will of God?”

“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…”

“Who - Nothing comes to pass in the world, but by the disposal of divine providence. This seems to be spoken in the name of the people of God, arguing themselves into a quiet submission, to their afflictions, from the consideration of the hand of God in them. Lamentations 3:38”

“3:37-39 Some calamities have natural causes (Luke 13:1-5), and bad things happen to the righteous as well as to the wicked (Matt 5:45); whatever happens, we should give thanks (1 Thes 5:18) and not complain.”

“saith: Psa 33:9-11; Pro 16:9, Pro 19:21, Pro 21:30; Isa 46:10; Dan 4:35; Rom 9:15; Eph 1:11; Jam 4:13-15 Lamentations 3:38”