Verse 11
Jeremiah 29:11
Bible in Basic English
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For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי֩ אָנֹכִ֨י יָדַ֜עְתִּי אֶת הַ/מַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י חֹשֵׁ֥ב עֲלֵי/כֶ֖ם נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה מַחְשְׁב֤וֹת שָׁלוֹם֙ וְ/לֹ֣א לְ/רָעָ֔ה לָ/תֵ֥ת לָ/כֶ֖ם אַחֲרִ֥ית וְ/תִקְוָֽה
English Translation
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, declares the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
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Chapter 29 Context
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Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the responsi...
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(After Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the unsexed servants and the rulers of Judah and J...
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By the hand of Elasah, the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah, the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah, king of...
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This is what the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said to all those whom I have taken...
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Go on building houses and living in them, and planting gardens and using the fruit of them;
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Take wives and have sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to hus...
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And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make pray...
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For this is what the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be...
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9
For they are saying to you what is false in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.
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10
For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on yo...
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11
For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to gi...
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And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
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And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your hear...
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14
I will be near you again, says the Lord, and your fate will be changed, and I will get you together...
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For you have said, The Lord has given us prophets in Babylon.
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For this is what the Lord has said about the king who is seated on the seat of David's kingdom, and...
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This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will send on them the sword and need of food and di...
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I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will...
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Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prop...
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And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to...
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This is what the Lord of armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has said about Ahab, the son of Kolaiah...
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And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will sa...
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Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have...
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About Shemaiah the Nehelamite.
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Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, sayi...
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The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the...
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So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
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For he has sent to us in Babylon saying, The time will be long: go on building houses and living in...
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And Zephaniah the priest made clear to Jeremiah the prophet what was said in the letter, reading it...
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Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
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31
Send to all those who have been taken away, saying, This is what the Lord has said about Shemaiah th...
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For this cause the Lord has said, Truly I will send punishment on Shemaiah and on his seed; not a ma...
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