Jeremiah 3:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ “But I said, ‘How would I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a splendid inheritance of the hosts of nations?’ ”And I said, ‘Call Me, “My Father,” and do not turn away from Me.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And I thought how [gloriously and honorably] I would set you among My children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage, the most beautiful and best [inheritance] among all nations! And I thought you would call Me My Father and would not turn away from following Me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ I thought to myself, How wonderful it would be to treat you like children and give you a beautiful land, an inheritance unrivaled among the nations. And I thought, You will call me father, and you won’t turn away from me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.

Jeremiah 3:19 Cross References

Psalm 106:24

They then despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word,

Psalm 16:6

Boundary lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, a good inheritance is mine.

Psalm 89:26

“He calls out to Me, ‘You are my Father, My Ěl, and the rock of my deliverance.’

Proverbs 3:35

The wise do inherit esteem, But fools are bearing away shame!

Isaiah 63:16

For You are our Father, though Aḇraham does not know us, and Yisra’ĕl does not recognise us. You, O יהוה, are our Father, our Redeemer – Your Name is from of old.

Isaiah 64:8

And now, O יהוה, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our potter. And we are all the work of Your hand.

Jeremiah 12:10

“Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trodden My portion under foot, they have made My pleasant portion become a deserted wilderness.

Jeremiah 3:17

“At that time Yerushalayim shall be called the throne of יהוה, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the Name of יהוה, to Yerushalayim, and no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

Jeremiah 3:4

“Shall you not from now on cry to Me, ‘My father, You are the guide of my youth?

Jeremiah 31:20

“Is Ephrayim a precious son to Me, a child of delights? For though I spoke against him, I still remembered him. That is why My affections were deeply moved for him. I have great compassion for him,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 31:9

“With weeping they shall come, and with their prayers I bring them. I shall make them walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they do not stumble. For I shall be a Father to Yisra’ĕl, and Ephrayim – he is My first-born.

Jeremiah 33:9

And it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and a pride before all nations of the earth, who hear all the good I am doing to them, and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the peace I am doing to it.’

Jeremiah 5:7

“Why should I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are not mighty ones. When I had filled them up, they then committed adultery and they thronged to the house of a whore.

Ezekiel 20:6

“On that day I lifted My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, the splendour of all lands.

Daniel 11:16

“So his opponent shall do as he pleases – with no one standing against him – and stand in the Splendid Land with destruction in his hand.

Daniel 11:41

and shall enter the Splendid Land, and many shall stumble, but these escape from his hand: Eḏom, and Mo’aḇ, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

Daniel 11:45

and he shall pitch the tents of his palace between the seas and the splendid set-apart mountain, but shall come to his end with none to help him.

Daniel 8:9

And from one of them came a little horn which became exceedingly great toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the Splendid Land.

Hosea 11:8

“How could I give you up, Ephrayim? How could I hand you over, Yisra’ĕl? How could I make you like Aḏmah? How could I set you like Tseḇoyim? My heart turns within Me, all My compassion is kindled.

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of Elohim through belief in Messiah יהושע.

Ephesians 1:5

having previously ordained us to adoption as sons through יהושע Messiah to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His desire,

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of יהוה your Elohim. Do not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead,

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of belief to the preservation of life.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear,