Jer 29:11-14, 32:42, Mic 4:10-13, 7:18-20 | ESV | STEP | For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord , plans for welfare and not for evil , to give you a future and a hope .

Jeremiah 29:11-14

11 ^aFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare ^{▼▼Or peace} and not for evil, ^cto give you a future and a hope. 12 ^dThen you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ^eand I will hear you. 13 ^fYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^gwith all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, ^hand I will restore your fortunes and ⁱgather you from all the nations and all the places ^jwhere I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Jeremiah 32:42

42 “For thus says the Lord: ^kJust as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.

Micah 4:10-13

10 ^lWrithe and groan, ^{▼▼Or push} O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for ⁿnow you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you ^oshall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
^pthere the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
11 Now ^qmany nations
are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be defiled,
and ^rlet our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
12 But ^sthey do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,
that ^the has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 Arise and thresh,
O daughter of Zion,
for I will make your horn iron,
and I will make your hoofs bronze;
you shall beat in pieces many peoples;
and ^ushall devote ^{▼▼Hebrew devote to destruction} ^wtheir gain to the Lord,
their wealth to ^xthe Lord of the whole earth.

Micah 7:18-20

God’s Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 ^yWho is a God like you, ^zpardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
^aafor the remnant of his inheritance?
^abHe does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will ^acagain have compassion on us;
^adhe will tread our iniquities underfoot.
^aeYou will cast all our ^{▼▼Hebrew their} sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 ^agYou will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
^ahas you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.