plans...

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope."


"This is God's Word on the subject: "As soon as Babylon's seventy years are up and not a day before, I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. "


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 the plans I have for you," announces the Lord. "I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come.


"...for I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."