Jeremiah 3:19
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְאָנֹכִיve'anokhiand IH595אָמַרְתִּי'amartiI thoughtH559אֵיךְ'eikhhow!H349אֲשִׁיתֵךְ'ashitekhI will set youH7896בַּבָּנִיםbabanimamong the sonsH1121וְאֶתֶּן־ve'eten-so I may giveH5414לָךְlokhto <the> youאֶרֶץ'eretza land ofH776חֶמְדָּהchemdahdesireH2532נַחֲלַתnachalatan inheritance ofH5159צְבִיtzevibeauty ofH6643צִבְאוֹתtziv'otbeauties ofH6643גּוֹיִםgoyimnationsH1471וָאֹמַרva'omarand I thoughtH559אָבִי'avifather myH1תִּקְרְאִיtikre'u-you will callH7121לִיli<to> <the> meוּמֵאַחֲרַיume'acharaiand from after meH310לֹאlo'notH3808תָשׁוּבִי׃tashuvuyou will turn awayH7725
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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