THEOSISJeremiah 29:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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.
כִּי֩ אָנֹכִ֨י יָדַ֜עְתִּי אֶת־הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י חֹשֵׁ֥ב עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה מַחְשְׁב֤וֹת שָׁלוֹם֙ וְלֹ֣א לְרָעָ֔ה לָתֵ֥ת לָכֶ֖ם אַחֲרִ֥ית וְתִקְוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
- Isa 55:12For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before you, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands.
- Ps 33 (32):11
- Mic 4:12But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the hay of the floor.
- Ps 40 (39):5
- Job 23:13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.
- Lam 3:26Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.
- Isa 46:10Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done: