KJV King James Version
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
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Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
WEB World English Bible
“But I said, ‘How I would put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father,” and shall not turn away from following me.’
ASV American Standard Version
But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father—ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 3
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit [it]; neither shall [that] be done any more.
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
20 Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping [and] supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, [and] they have forgotten the LORD their God.
22 Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.
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וְאָנֹכִ֣יH595 · a.no.khiIאָמַ֗רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayאֵ֚יךְH349 · ekhhow?אֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְH7896 · shitto set: makeבַּבָּנִ֔יםH1121 · benson: childוְאֶתֶּן־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלָךְ֙H9032 · khyouאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetחֶמְדָּ֔הH2532 · chem.dahdesireנַחֲלַ֥תH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceצְבִ֖יH6643 · tse.vibeautyצִבְא֣וֹתH6643 · tse.vibeautyגּוֹיִ֑םH1471 · goynationוָאֹמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayאָבִי֙H1 · avfatherתִּקְרְאִיH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלִ֔יH9030 · nimeוּמֵאַחֲרַ֖יH310 · a.charafterלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתָשֽׁוּבִי׃H7725 · shuvto return: return
Cross-references
Romans 8:15-17For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.Jeremiah 3:4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?Jeremiah 31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.Isaiah 63:16Doubtless thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.1 John 3:1-3Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.Matthew 6:8-9Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.Jeremiah 32:39-40And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:Proverbs 3:35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.Jeremiah 31:20[Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.Daniel 11:45And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.Hebrews 10:39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.John 1:11-13He came unto his own, and his own received him not.2 Corinthians 6:17-18Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,Daniel 11:16But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.Galatians 4:5-7To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.Psalm 106:24Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:Hosea 11:8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.Jeremiah 5:7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
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