Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the plans that I am planning for you, declares YHWH, plans of peace and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Jeremiah 29:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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God to the exiles in Babylon: plans of peace, a future and a hopeProvidenceGod tells the exiles he has plans of peace, a future, and a hopeHope

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Jeremiah 29:11, word by word

knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yadati” appears
the plansמַּחֲשָׁבֹתmachashavot

plan

What one devises; or a trap against someone.

Where else “machashavot” appears
am planningחֹשֵׁבchoshev

devise

To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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of peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

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for evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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to giveתֵתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a futureאַחֲרִיתacharit

future

The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.

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and a hopeתִקְוָהtikva

hope

What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.

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The context

10For thus says YHWH: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill for you my good word, to bring you back to this place.

11 · This verse (above)

12And you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

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