Lam 3:37, Dan 4:35, Act 4:25-28 | ESV | STEP | Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

gCited from Ps. 2:1, 2

h ver. 5

i ch. 10:38; Luke 4:18; Heb. 1:9; [Dan. 9:24; Rev. 11:15]

k ver. 30

oSee Matt. 20:19

rSee ch. 2:23

Lamentations 3:37

37 ^aWho has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?

Daniel 4:35

35 ^ball the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and ^che does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
^dand none can stay his hand
or ^esay to him, “What have you done?”

Acts 4:25-28

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, ^{▼▼Or child; also verses 27, 30} said by the Holy Spirit,

^g“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^hthe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ⁱAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^kholy servant Jesus, ^lwhom you anointed, both ^mHerod and ⁿPontius Pilate, along ^owith the Gentiles and ^pthe peoples of Israel, 28 ^qto do whatever your hand and ^ryour plan had predestined to take place.