Jeremiah 3:19
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But I said: How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt not cease to walk after me.

how

Jeremiah 5:7 How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot's house.

Hosea 11:8 How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up.

put thee

Jeremiah 3:4 Therefore at the least from this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

Jeremiah 31:9,20 They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. . . .

John 1:11-13 He came unto his own: and his own received him not. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:17,18 Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: . . .

Galatians 3:26 For you are all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:5-7 That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons. . . .

Ephesians 1:5 Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:

1 John 3:1-3 Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him. . . .

pleasant land.

Jeremiah 12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful portion into a desolate wilderness.

Psalm 106:24 And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

Ezekiel 20:6 In that day I lifted up my hand for them to bring them out of the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which excelled amongst all lands.

Daniel 8:9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn: and it became great against the south, and against the east, and against the strength.

Daniel 11:16,41,45 And he shall come upon him, and do according to his pleasure, and there shall be none to stand against his face: and he shall stand in the glorious land, and it shall be consumed by his hand. . . .

goodly heritage.

Proverbs 3:35 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend, that you may know prudence.

1 Peter 1:3,4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead: . . .

thou shalt

Jeremiah 3:4 Therefore at the least from this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

Isaiah 63:16 For thou art our father, and Abraham hath not known us, and Israel hath been ignorant of us: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.

Isaiah 64:8 And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.

Matthew 6:8,9 Be not you therefore like to them for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. . . .

Romans 8:15-17 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear: but you have received the spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry: Abba (Father). . . .

Galatians 4:5 That he might redeem them who were under the law: that we might receive the adoption of sons.

shall not

Jeremiah 32:39,40 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all days: and that it may be well with them, and with their children after them. . . .

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not the children of withdrawing unto perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

from me.

Context
Invitation to Repentance
18In those days the house of Juda shall go to the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land which I gave to your fathers. 19But I said: How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt not cease to walk after me.20But as a woman that despiseth her lover, so hath the house of Israel despised me, saith the Lord.…
Cross References
1 Peter 1:17
And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

Psalm 16:6
The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.

Psalm 89:26
He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.

Psalm 106:24
And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

Isaiah 63:16
For thou art our father, and Abraham hath not known us, and Israel hath been ignorant of us: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.

Jeremiah 3:4
Therefore at the least from this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

Jeremiah 3:17
At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord: and all the nations shall be gathered together to it, in the name of the Lord to Jerusalem, and they shall not walk after the perversity of their most wicked heart.

Jeremiah 12:10
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful portion into a desolate wilderness.

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 33:9
And it shall be to me a name, and a joy, and a praise, and a gladness before all the nations of the earth, that shall hear of all the good things which I will do to them: and they shall fear and be troubled for all the good things, and for all the peace that I will make for them.

Lexicon
Then I
וְאָנֹכִ֣י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

said,
אָמַ֗רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘How
אֵ֚יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

I long to make you
אֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ (’ă·šî·ṯêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

My sons
בַּבָּנִ֔ים (bab·bā·nîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and give
וְאֶתֶּן־ (wə·’et·ten-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you a desirable
חֶמְדָּ֔ה (ḥem·dāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2532: Desire, delight

land,
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

the most beautiful
צְבִ֖י (ṣə·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6643: Splendor, a gazelle

inheritance
נַחֲלַ֥ת (na·ḥă·laṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

of all
צִבְא֣וֹת (ṣiḇ·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

the nations.’
גּוֹיִ֑ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

I thought
וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

you would call Me
תִּקְרְאִי־ (tiq·rə·’î-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

‘Father’
אָבִי֙ (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

and never
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

turn away
תָשֽׁוּבִי׃ (ṯā·šū·ḇî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from following Me.
וּמֵאַחֲרַ֖י (ū·mê·’a·ḥă·ray)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part


Additional Translations
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.But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me.

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.

And I said, So be it, Lord, for thou saidst I will set thee among children, and will give thee a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, Ye shall call me Father; and ye shall not turn away from me.

And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.

But I said, How shall I 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.

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.

"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.'

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.
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