Jeremiah 29:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expectedb end. ”

Jeremiah 29:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An expected end - Rather, a future and a hope. The nation shall not come to an end; the exile shall be followed by a restoration.
Jeremiah 29:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 29. The Future of the Exiles in Babylon ( c . 595). Jeremiah sends a letter by royal messengers to tell the exiles in Babylon to settle down there for a lengthy stay, and not to be deceive...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

an expected end. Figure of speech Hendiadys. Hebrew "an end and an expectation". an end, yea, an end which. have caused you to hope for: i.e.. hoped-for end.
Jeremiah 29:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms the same thing, and employs many words, because it was difficult to raise up minds wholly broken down. For the world labors under two extreme evils, — they sink in despair, or are t...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1064 GOD WILL BE FOUND OF SINCERE WORSHIPPERS Jeremiah 29:11-13 . I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expec...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Thoughts of peace - Here God gives them to understand, 1. That his l...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. I know - I alone, not the false prophets, who know nothing of...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years.
Jeremiah 29:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For I know the thoughts... — The word used for “ saith the Lord” implies that the gracious promise came to the prophet’s soul as an oracle from heaven. In the “thoughts” of God there is, perhaps,...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER X CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES Jeremiah 29:1-32 "Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire."- Jeremiah 29:22 NOTHING further is said a...
Jeremiah 29:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As a result of this false prophesying, Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles. It is evident that they also were disturbed. The letter instructed them, first, concerning their present position, advisin...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pray the Reader to pause over these gracious expressions of the Lord. They are suited to the Lord's exercised family, in all ages, at all times, and under all the sorrows of their estate. Mark how...
Jeremiah 29:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S THOUGHTS OF PEACE ‘The thoughts that I think toward you.’ Jeremiah 29:11 I. God thinking of us in our need. —‘I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me.’ ‘ Yet ’ is an inter...
Jeremiah 29:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord ,.... The purposes and resolutions of his heart concerning their welfare, particularly the restoration of them to their own land; the...
Jeremiah 29:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Ver. 11. For I know the thoughts that I think. ] God's thoughts ru...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

After seventy years be accomplished at Babylon Hebrews, לפי מלאת שׁבעים שׁנה, literally, At the mouth of the accomplishment of seventy years. “And as the mouth of a river, metaphorically, denot...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Advice to the Captives in Babylon. B. C. 596. 8 For thus saith the L ORD of hosts, th...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This deliverance will not depend upon your merits, but upon my own mercy and kind thoughts and purposes. I have for the seed of Abraham my servant, and I am resolved in my own thoughts what to do; I...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Letter To The Exiles ( Jeremiah 29:1-32 ). Correspondence by letter was a constant feature of those days, and indicates that the world was not static (compare the prophetic letters from...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. —This letter and its transmission are usually dated the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign (because of chap. Jeremiah 28:1 ), but Jeremiah...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 29:10-14 I. We may describe every real affliction which comes upon the Christian as a captivity. To be in a condition which we should never voluntarily have preferred, or to be held back...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 29:10 . After seventy years. See Jeremiah 26:1 . Zechariah fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished sometime after Jeremiah's death. No doubt the captivity was...
Jeremiah 29:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. The thoughts of God to His people, peace and not evil These words w...
Jeremiah 29:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Despised and rejected at home, Jeremiah turned his thoughts to those distant brethren in captivity, whom he had already likened to "good figs, very good" ( Jeremiah 24:3 , Jeremiah 2...
Jeremiah 29:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles and Its Consequences. The Contents of the Letter. Just as certain false prophets in Jerusalem had tried to arouse and maintain false hopes in the inhabitants of t...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:8-15 ; Ezekiel 34:11-31 ; Ezekiel 37:28 ; Ezekiel 39:1-29 ; Hosea 14:2-9 ; Hosea 2:14-23 ; Hosea 3:5 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Isaiah 46:13 ; Isaiah 55:8-12 ; Jeremiah 3:12-1...
Jeremiah 29:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To give — This deliverance will not depend upon your merits, but upon my own mercy, and kind thoughts and purposes I have for the seed of Abraham my servant, and I am resolved in my own thoughts wh...

Jeremiah 29:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 29:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jeremiah 29:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 29:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 29:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 29:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 29:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 29:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 29:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 29:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 29:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes