Lamentations 3:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the Hebrew the form of these words is interrogatory, as much as if he should say, Doth not evil come out of God's mouth from his direction and command, and from his providence, as well as good? He speaks of evils of punishment, judicial afflictive dispensations; so it agreeth with Job 2:10 Amos 3:6. It is no reproach unto God to make him the author of his own punishments, though we call them evil.