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 run upon his children, the children of affliction especially, as a father's do upon his dear children. Omnis in Ascanio, &c.
To give you an expected end.] Heb., An end and expectation - i.e., An end of evils past, and expectation of better for the future.