As certain as was the exile, so certain is the new beginning the Lord God will bring.-1. God will sow the seed, which is to re-populate the homeland- -v.27--2. As God watched over the exile, God will watch over the re-building and re-planting. -v.28--3. God removed fatalistic thinking, blaming and self-pitying- replaced them with fresh thoughts of new possibilities. -v.29-30--Applying- What would it take for us to increase our hope--How does God write His laws on our minds- Hebrews 10-1-17-What damage can come from a bad proverb- Ezek. 18-2-What good can come from a new proverb- Lam. 3-22-23