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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
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A Future and a Hope
Scholars clarify that the phrase often translated as 'an expected end' more literally means 'a future and a hope.' For the exiles, this was a concrete promise that their nation would not be annihilated. God was assuring them that their story as a people was not over and that a time of restoration was in their future, countering their fears of complete destruction.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
An expected end—Rather, a future and a hope. The nation will not come to an end; the exile will be followed by a restoration.
19th Century
Anglican
For I know the thoughts ... —The word used for “saith the Lord” implies that the gracious promise came to the pr…
16th Century
Protestant
He confirms the same thing and uses many words because it was difficult to lift up minds completely broken down.
For the world suffers from …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord The purposes and reso…
Let people beware how they call those prophets whom they choose according to their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to b…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, he refutes the false consolations of the prophets who were consoling the captives in Babylonia.
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