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Lamentations 3:38 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Lamentations 3:38 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 3 verse 38 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?”
Lamentations 3:38 (KJV)
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Commentary on Lamentations 3:38
Another rhetorical question deepening divine sovereignty: "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?" The Hebrew mi-pi Elyon lo tetse hara'ot vehatov (מִפִּי עֶלְיוֹן לֹא תֵצֵא הָרָעוֹת וְהַטּוֹב) asserts that both calamities and blessings proceed from God's mouth. The term Elyon (עֶלְיוֹן, "Most High") emphasizes God's supreme authority over all.The phrase "evil and good" uses hara'ot vehatov (הָרָעוֹת וְהַטּוֹב)—literally "the evils and the good." Here "evil" means calamity, disaster, or hardship, not moral evil. God doesn't cause sin, but He does ordain difficult circu...
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Cross-References for Lamentations 3:38
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“and create darkness. I make peace”
“without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city”
“so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.”
“You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.”
“and lifts up another.”
“but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.”