^11 (A)For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare^[a] and not for evil, ^(B)to give you a future and a hope.

¹⁷ and he thought to himself, ^(A)‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ ¹⁸ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ^(B)barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up ^(C)for many years; relax, ^(D)eat, drink, be merry.”’ ²⁰ But God said to him, ^(E)‘Fool! ^(F)This night ^(G)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ^(H)whose will they be?’