Jeremiah 29:11

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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.”

— ASV

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Micah 4:12 "But they don’t know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the thre…"
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Job 23:13 "But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does."
Lamentations 3:26 "It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh."
Isaiah 46:10-11 "I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do al…"
Ezekiel 34:11-31 "“‘For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out."

Commentary

I know--I alone; not the false prophets who know nothing of My purposes, though they pretend to know. thoughts . . . I think-- (Isa 55:9). Glancing at the Jews who had no "thoughts of peace," but only of "evil" (misfortune), because they could not conceive how deliverance could come to them. The moral malady of man is twofold--at one time vain confidence; then, when that is disappointed, despair. So the Jews first laughed at God's threats, confident that they should speedily return; then, when cast down from that confidence, they sank in inconsolable despondency. expected end--literally, "end and expectation," that is, an end, and that such an end as you wish for. Two nouns joined by "and," standing for a noun and adjective. So in Jer 36:27, "the roll and the words," that is, the roll of words; Gen 3:16, "sorrow and conception," that is, sorrow in conception. Compare Pro 23:18, where, as here "end" means "a happy issue."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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