11. I say this because I know the plans that I have for you.” This message is from the Lord. “I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future.
12. Then you will call my name. You will come to me and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13. You will search for me, and when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me.
14. I will let you find me.” This message is from the Lord. “And I will bring you back from your captivity. I forced you to leave this place. But I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have sent you,” says the Lord, “and I will bring you back to this place.”
15. You people might say, “But the Lord has given us prophets here in Babylon.”