Jeremiah 29:11
For I alone know the thoughts that I entertain respecting you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a [happy] future and hope.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
12And you will call upon me, and ye will go and will pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Cross References
Psalms 33:11The counsel of the Lord will stand for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
Psalms 85:9(85:10) Surely, nigh is his salvation unto those that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.
Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Isaiah 55:8For not my thoughts are your thoughts, and not your ways are my ways, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 24:5Thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent away from this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
Jeremiah 31:1(30:25) At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God for all the families of Israel, and they shall be unto me for a 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 →