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Selected Verse: Lamentations 3:33 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| La 3:33 |
King James |
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Willingly - Not from his own mere motion without a cause given him from the persons afflicted. Hence judgment is called God's strange work. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For he doth not afflict willingly - It is no pleasure to God to afflict men. He takes no delight in our pain and misery: yet, like a tender and intelligent parent, he uses the rod; not to gratify himself, but to profit and save us. |
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?