For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Treasury of Scripture I know. Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does. Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Psalm 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are to us-ward... 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... Isaiah 55:8-12 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD... Micah 4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel... Zechariah 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers?... Zechariah 8:14,15 For thus said the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, said the LORD of hosts... thoughts. Jeremiah 3:12-19 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD... Jeremiah 30:18-22 Thus said the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places... Jeremiah 31:1 At the same time, said the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah... Jeremiah 33:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Isaiah 40:1 Comfort you, comfort you my people, said your God. Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak... Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him... Isaiah 43:1 But now thus said the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you... Isaiah 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Isaiah 45:1 Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him... Isaiah 46:1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the beasts, and on the cattle: your carriages were heavy laden... Ezekiel 34:11-31 For thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out... Ezekiel 36:1 Also, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was on me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD... Ezekiel 39:1 Therefore, you son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you... Hosea 2:14-23 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her... Hosea 3:5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king... Hosea 14:2-9 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously... Joel 2:28-32 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy... Amos 9:8-15 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth... Micah 5:4-7 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide... Micah 7:14-20 Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the middle of Carmel... Zephaniah 3:14-20 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem... Zechariah 9:9-17 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just... Zechariah 12:5-10 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God... Zechariah 14:20,21 In that day shall there be on the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD... Revelation 14:8-14 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city... expected end. Heb. end and expectation. Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Context Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles
1Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; 2(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) 3By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, 4Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon; 5Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; 6Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that you may be increased there, and not diminished. 7And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace. 8For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the middle of you, deceive you, neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, said the LORD. 10For thus said 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, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12Then shall you call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. 14And I will be found of you, said the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, said the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive. 15Because you have said, The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16Know that thus said the LORD of the king that sits on the throne of David, and of all the people that dwells in this city, and of your brothers that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17Thus said the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them: 19Because they have not listened to my words, said the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, said the LORD. 20Hear you therefore the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 21Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie to you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 22And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 23Because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, said the LORD. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.
Darby Bible Translation
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
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