In Hebrew both occurrences of the pronoun I are emphatic. TEV attempts to reproduce this emphasis by rendering, “I alone know the plans I have for you.…” GECL is very effective with a play on words, rendering “For my plans for you remain firm: I intend your fortune and not your misfortune.…” Another way to express this is “For I know what I am planning for you. I am planning good things, not bad things. What I plan to do will give you the future you hope for.” For welfare see verse 7; for evil see
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