ForכִּיIאָנֹכִיknowיָדַעְתִּיthe plansאֶת הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹתthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam planningחֹשֵׁבfor you,עֲלֵיכֶםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהplansמַחְשְׁבוֹתof peaceשָׁלוֹםand notוְלֹאfor evil,לְרָעָהto giveלָתֵתyouלָכֶםa futureאַחֲרִיתand a hope.וְתִקְוָה
Jeremiah 29:11
Study it in the app“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.”
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
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “choshev” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- of peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- for evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- a futureאַחֲרִיתacharit
future
The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.
Where else “acharit” appears- and a hopeתִקְוָהtikva
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikva” appears
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.