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Lamentations 3:38-40
Good News Translation

38     Good and evil alike take place at his command.
39     Why should we ever complain when we are punished for our sin?[a]

40 Let us examine our ways and turn back to the Lord.

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  1. Lamentations 3:39 Why should … sin?; or Why should we complain about being punished for sin, as long as we are still alive?
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Lamentations 3:38-40
New International Version

38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?(A)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?(B)

40 Let us examine our ways and test them,(C)
    and let us return to the Lord.(D)

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