"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expe…" — Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29:11 · KJV

“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. {expected...: Heb. end and expectation}”

— Jeremiah 29:11

Verse 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.

Verse 12

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Jeremiah 29 — Context

For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. {falsely: Heb. in a lie}

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.

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. {expected...: Heb. end and expectation}

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

And ye shall seek me, and find {me}, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Cross References

Isaiah 55:8-12

For my thoughts {are} not your thoughts, neither {are} your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Psalms 33:11

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. {to all...: Heb. to generation and generation}

Micah 4:12

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

Psalms 40:5

Many, O LORD my God, {are} thy wonderful works {which} thou hast done, and thy thoughts {which are} to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: {if} I would declare and speak {of them}, they are more than can be numbered. {they cannot...: or, none can order them unto thee}

Job 23:13

But he {is} in one {mind}, and who can turn him? and {what} his soul desireth, even {that} he doeth.

Lamentations 3:26

{It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Isaiah 46:10-11

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Ezekiel 34:11-31

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, {even} I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.