Jeremiah 29:11 · King James Version

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Context

It is part of a letter the prophet Jeremiah sends to the Jews exiled in Babylon. He encourages them to build houses, plant gardens and keep hoping, because God has not forgotten them.

¹⁰For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. ¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. ¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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In other translations

Berean Standard Bible

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Related verses

Psalm 130:5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.Psalm 4:8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.Micah 6:8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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