Cross References 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. Psalm 40:5 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number. Isaiah 40:9 Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God: Isaiah 55:12 For 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. Jeremiah 23:5 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise: and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. Jeremiah 23:6 In those days shall Juda be saved, and Israel shall dwell confidently: and this is the name that they shall call him: The Lord our just one. Jeremiah 30:9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them. Jeremiah 30:10 Therefore fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for behold, I will save thee from a country afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity: and Jacob shall return, and be at rest, and abound with all good things, and there shall be none whom he may fear: Jeremiah 30:18 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring back the captivity of the pavilions of Jacob, and will have pity on his houses, and the city shall be built in her high place, and the temple shall be founded according to the order thereof. Jeremiah 31:17 And there is hope for thy last end, saith the Lord: and the children shall return to their own borders. Ezekiel 11:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because I have removed them far off among the Gentiles, and because I have scattered them among the countries: I will be to them a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come. Hosea 2:15 And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt. Zechariah 8:15 And I had no mercy: so turning again I have thought in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and Jerusalem: fear not. Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. I know. Job 23:13 For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done. Psalm 33:11 But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Psalm 40:5 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number. Isaiah 46:10,11 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me: . . . Isaiah 55:8-12 For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord. . . . Micah 4:12 And now many nations are gathered together against thee, and they say: Let her be stoned: and let our eye look upon Sion. Zechariah 1:6 But yet my words, and my ordinances, which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers, and they returned, and said: As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so he hath done to us. Zechariah 8:14,15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As I purposed to afflict you, when your fathers had provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord, . . . thoughts. Jeremiah 3:12-19 Go, and proclaim these words towards the north, and thou shalt say: Return, O rebellious Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not turn away my face from you: for I am holy, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry for ever. . . . Jeremiah 30:18-22 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring back the captivity of the pavilions of Jacob, and will have pity on his houses, and the city shall be built in her high place, and the temple shall be founded according to the order thereof. . . . Jeremiah 31:1 At that time, saith the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 32:1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Sedecias king of Juda: the same is the eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosor. Jeremiah 33:1 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying: Isaiah 40:1 Be comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God. Isaiah 41:1 Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together. Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Isaiah 43:1 And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine. Isaiah 44:1 And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen. Isaiah 45:1 Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut. Isaiah 46:1 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised. Ezekiel 34:11-31 For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them. . . . Ezekiel 36:1 And thou son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord: and set me down in the midst of a plain that was full of bones. Ezekiel 39:1 And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Mosoch and Thubal. Hosea 2:14-23 Therefore, behold I will allure her, and will lead her into the wilderness: and I will speak to her heart. . . . Hosea 3:5 And after this the children of Israel shall return and shall seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness, in the last days. Hosea 14:2-9 Take with you words, and return to the Lord, and say to him: Take away all iniquity, and receive the good: and we will render the calves of our lips. . . . Joel 2:28-32 And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. . . . Amos 9:8-15 Are not you as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel, saith the Lord? did not I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene? . . . Micah 5:4-7 Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted to the children of Israel. . . . Micah 7:14-20 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad, according to the days of old. . . . Zephaniah 3:14-20 Give praise, O daughter of Sion: shout, O Israel: be glad, and rejoice with all thy heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. . . . Zechariah 9:9-17 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass. . . . Zechariah 12:5-10 And the governors of Juda shall say in their heart: Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem be strengthened for me in the Lord of hosts, their God. . . . Zechariah 14:20,21 In that day that which is upon the bridle of the horse shall be holy to the Lord: and the caldrons in the house of the Lord shall be as the phials before the altar. . . . Revelation 14:8-14 And another angel followed, saying: That great Babylon is fallen, is fallen; which made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. . . . expected end. Lamentations 3:26 Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God. Context Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles…10For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place. 11For 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.12And you shall call upon me, and you shall go. and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.… Lexicon Forכִּי֩ (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction I אָנֹכִ֨י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 595: I know יָדַ֜עְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know the plans הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת (ham·ma·ḥă·šā·ḇōṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan I אָנֹכִ֛י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 595: I have חֹשֵׁ֥ב (ḥō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2803: To think, account for you, עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel plans מַחְשְׁב֤וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan to prosper you שָׁלוֹם֙ (šā·lō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace and not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no to harm you, לְרָעָ֔ה (lə·rā·‘āh) Preposition-l | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil to give לָתֵ֥ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set you לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew a future אַחֲרִ֥ית (’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 319: The last, end, the future, posterity and a hope. וְתִקְוָֽה׃ (wə·ṯiq·wāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8615: A cord, expectancy Additional Translations For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end. And I will devise for you a device of peace, and not evil, to bestow upon you these good things. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end. For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope. 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