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Jeremiah 29 Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29 NIV

Jeremiah 29:11

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.

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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
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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
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
mercy, concerning sinful men; about their
election in Christ; a provision of all spiritual
blessings for them; redemption and salvation by
Jeremiah 29:11 In-Context
Christ; their effectual calling, adoption, and
eternal life: thoughts of peace, and not of evil:
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unchangeable love to them; since he has
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much good for them, does so much
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The issue of all which is, to give you an
“I Know the Plans I Have for
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a very desirable one; such as they wished and
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hoped to have, and expected; such as would
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put an end to all their troubles, and put them
into the enjoyment of all good things promised
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sufferings, and death; and who was to come,
and did come, at the end of the Jewish world, at
Does Jeremiah 29:11 Mean That
the end of their civil and ecclesiastical state: he
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was long promised and prophesied of and was
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much waited for and expected, by the saints
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before the flood; from thence to Moses; from
Moses to David; from David to the Babylonian
captivity; from thence to the times of his
Cross
coming, References
when there was 3a general expectation
of him; and expected end was then given, as an
instance of grace and good will to men. It may
Scripture quoted by permission.
also be applied to salvationQuotations
by Christ;designated
the end of
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all God's gracious purposes and designs; the
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end of
Biblica. Allthe covenant
rights reservedof grace, the provisions,
worldwide.
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,

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F21 (hwqtw tyrxa) "mercedem et quidem
expectatam", Piscator; so Ben Melech.
F23 "Posteritatem et spem", Schmidt.

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