Jeremiah 29:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I know

Expected end

Lamentations 3:26

General references

Jeremiah 31:17

Bible References

I know

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart from generation to generation.

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.

Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My purpose will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

“But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”

“For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Just as I purposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and I have not relented,

Expected end

It is good that he waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.

General references

“There is hope for your future,” declares the Lord,
“And your children will return to their own territory.