Jeremiah 29:11
For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
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In Context
12And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Cross References
Psalms 33:11The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
Psalms 85:9\85:8\I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.
Isaiah 40:1Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 24:5This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.
Jeremiah 31:1At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:9-15
Advice to the Captives in Babylon. ( b. c. 596.) 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord . 10 For 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. 11 For… Read the whole commentary →