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Jeremiah Jeremiah 29

Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29 NIV

Jeremiah 29:11

** *** * **** *** plans I have for

you,” declares the LORD, “plans

to prosper you and not to harm

you, plans to give you hope and a

future.

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29:11

Jeremiah 29:11 in Other

Translations

KJV

11 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.

ESV

11 For I know the plans I have for you,

declares the LORD, plans for welfare

and not for evil, to give you a future

and a hope.

NLT

11 For I know the plans I have for you,”

says the LORD . “They are plans for

good and not for disaster, to give you

a future and a hope.

MSG

11 I know what I'm doing. I have it all

planned out - plans to take care of

you, not abandon you, plans to give

you the future you hope for.

CSB

11 For I know the plans I have for

you"-[this is] the Lord's declaration-

"plans for [your] welfare, not for

disaster, to give you a future and a

hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

Meaning and

Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think

towards you, saith the

Lord

The purposes and resolutions of his

heart concerning their welfare,

particularly the restoration of them to

their own land; these were within him,

and known to him, and him only; they

were remembered by him, and

continued with him, as the "thoughts

of his heart are to all generations";

and so would not fail of being

performed; men think and forget what

they have thought of, and so it comes

to nothing; but thus it is not with God;

he has taken up many thoughts in a

way of love, grace, and mercy,

concerning sinful men; about their

election in Christ; a provision of all

spiritual blessings for them;

redemption and salvation by Christ;

their effectual calling, adoption, and

eternal life: thoughts of peace, and

not of evil:

or "for evil" ; these thoughts were

concerning the temporal peace and

prosperity of the Jews in Babylon, and

not of anything to their hurt; yea, even

their captivity was for their good, (

Jeremiah 24:5 ) ; and thoughts

concerning his spiritual Israel, their

peace and reconciliation with God,

and the manner of bringing it about,

by the blood, sufferings, and death of

his Son in human nature, with whom

he consulted and agreed about this

matter; and concerning their inward

spiritual peace of mind and

conscience now, and their eternal

peace hereafter: nor does he ever

think of evil for them; whatever evil he

thinks towards others, angels or men,

he thinks none towards them; and

whatever evil befalls them, he means

it for good, and it does work for good

unto them; he cannot think otherwise

concerning them, consistent with his

everlasting and unchangeable love to

them; since he has designed so much

good for them, does so much to them,

and has so much to bestow upon

them. The issue of all which is, to give

you an expected end;

a very desirable one; such as they

wished and hoped to have, and

expected; such as would put an end to

all their troubles, and put them into

the enjoyment of all good things

promised and waited for. This, in the

mystical sense, may have reference to

the Messiah, in whom all God's

thoughts of peace, concerning his

special people, issue; he is the Alpha

and Omega, the beginning and the

end, of all things, ( Revelation 1:8 ) ; of

all things in creation; of the Scriptures,

promises and prophecies of it: "the

end of the law for righteousness", (

Romans 10:4 ) : the fulfilling end of it,

by his obedience, and sufferings, and

death; and who was to come, and did

come, at the end of the Jewish world,

at the end of their civil and

ecclesiastical state: he was long

promised and prophesied of and was

much waited for and expected, by the

saints before the flood; from thence to

Moses; from Moses to David; from

David to the Babylonian captivity; from

thence to the times of his coming,

when there was a general expectation

of him; and expected end was then

given, as an instance of grace and

good will to men. It may also be

applied to salvation by Christ; the end

of all God's gracious purposes and

designs; the end of the covenant of

grace, the provisions, blessings, and

promises of it; the end of Christ's

coming into the world, and of his

obedience and death; the end of his

prayers and preparations now in

heaven; and the end of the faith of the

saints on earth: this is an end hoped,

waited for, and expected by faith; and

for which there is good reason; since it

is wrought out, prepared, and

promised; saints are heirs of it; and

now it is nearer than when they

believed; and will be bestowed as a

free grace gift, through Jesus Christ

our Lord; and will be enjoyed as the

issue and result of God's eternal

thoughts of peace concerning them.

Some render it, "an expected reward"

; which is given at the end of the

work: others, "posterity and hope" ;

a numerous posterity, and hope and

expectation of good things from the

Lord, promised in the days of the

Messiah.

FOOTNOTES:

F20 (herl alw) "et non in malum",

Montanus, Cocceius, Schmidt.

F21 (hwqtw tyrxa) "mercedem et quidem

expectatam", Piscator; so Ben Melech.

F23 "Posteritatem et spem", Schmidt.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 In-Context

9 They are prophesying lies to you in

my name. I have not sent them,”

declares the LORD.

10 This is what the LORD says: “When

seventy years are completed for

Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill

my good promise to bring you back to

this place.

11 For I know the plans I have for you,”

declares the LORD, “plans to prosper

you and not to harm you, plans to give

you hope and a future.

12 Then you will call on me and come

and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

13 You will seek me and find me when

you seek me with all your heart.

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