Language & the Word

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Scripture · Prophets

Hope and Future

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

— NLT

A prophetic assurance of God's plans for a hopeful future.

The passageThe letter this comes from tells the exiles to build houses in Babylon, plant gardens, and seek the welfare of the city that took them — for seventy years. The promise of a future is addressed to people who will not live to see it, and is offered instead of rescue.

Symbol · The Ancient World

Triquetra

The Celtic Trinity Knot

Three arcs, one unbroken line: distinct forces that hold only because each relies on the others.

What it meansThree arcs drawn without lifting the pen: the figure is one continuous line that looks like three things. Whatever triad it has been used for — and it has served several — the reading is always that the parts are distinguishable and not separable.

Symbol · Northern European Folk

Dara Knot

Roots of the Oak Tree

Strength that is all underground: what holds through a storm is the part no one ever sees.

What it meansThe whole figure is root, and that is the argument: an oak stands through a storm because of a structure nobody has ever looked at. Strength here is defined as the part that is not on display, and the emblem shows only what is normally underground.

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