Jeremiah 3:19
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3:19“I thought to myself,45
‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son!46
What a joy it would be for me to give47 you a pleasant land,
the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’48
I thought you would call me, ‘Father’49
and would never cease being loyal to me.50
Footnotes
- 45 Heb “I, myself, said.” See note on “I thought that she might come back to me” in .
- 46 Heb “How I would place you among the sons.” Israel appears to be addressed here contextually as the Lord’s wife (see the next verse). The pronouns of address in the first two lines are second feminine singular as are the readings of the two verbs preferred by the Masoretes (the Qere readings) in the third and fourth lines. The verbs that are written in the text in the third and fourth lines (the Kethib readings) are second masculine plural as is the verb describing Israel’s treachery in the next verse. The imagery here appears to be that of treating the wife as an equal heir with the sons and of giving her the best piece of property.
- 47 The words “What a joy it would be for me to” are not in the Hebrew text but are implied in the parallel structure.
- 48 Heb “the most beautiful heritage among the nations.”
- 49 Heb “my father.”
- 50 Heb “turn back from [following] after me.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“ ‘I said,
How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would call me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“I myself said,
“ ‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
and give you a pleasant land,
the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’
and not turn away from following me.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I thought, “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 will call me ‘My Father’
and never turn away from me.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
“I thought to myself,
‘I would love to treat you as my own children!’
I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land—
the finest possession in the world.
I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,’
and I wanted you never to turn from me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Then I thought, ‘How I would set you among the children,
and I would give you a land of desire,
an inheritance of the glory of the hosts of nations.’
And I thought, ‘You would call me, “My father,”
and you would not turn back from behind me.’
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KJV 1900King 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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