Hope
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
This is one of the most quoted verses in the Bible and one of the most quoted away from its setting. It was written to people already in exile, and the letter it belongs to tells them to build houses, plant gardens and settle in, because they will be there seventy years. The promise is real. It is simply not a promise of rescue by Friday.
That makes it more useful, not less. A hope that only covers the parts of your life already going well is not much of a hope. This one was handed to people whose plans had collapsed years earlier.
An expected end is a strange phrase in older English. It means an outcome you can count on. Not a guess and not a wish. Something already settled by someone who is not you.