Lamentations 3:37-39

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Who is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?^(A)

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Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?^(B)

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Why should any living person complain,
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

A. Lamentations 3:37: Psalm 33:9-11

B. Lamentations 3:38: Genesis 50:20; Job 2:10; Psalm 78:49; Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 32:42; Amos 3:6