Jeremiah 29:11-16

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.c

¹²You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.d

¹³You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.e

¹⁴I will be found by you,” says the LORD, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you,” says the LORD. “I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”

¹⁵Because you have said, “The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon,”

¹⁶the LORD says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity,