Plans to give you hope and a future
Jeremiah 29:11 — Meaning, Context and Bible Study
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Jeremiah 29:11 WEB
11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
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Context
From Jeremiah's letter to Judeans already taken to Babylon. God told them to settle there, build houses and seek the city's welfare for seventy years (29:4-10); this promise of a future and a hope concerns their eventual return.
Read it in its setting. Given to a whole community in exile, after a long wait, not as a guarantee of personal wealth or quick success. It shows God's faithfulness and good purposes for his people.