Jeremiah 3:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָנֹכִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֵ֚יךְ אֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ בַּבָּנִ֔ים וְאֶתֶּן־לָךְ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֔ה נַחֲלַ֥ת צְבִ֖י צִבְא֣וֹת גּוֹיִ֑ם וָאֹמַ֗ר אָבִי֙ *תקראו־**תִּקְרְאִי־לִ֔י וּמֵאֲחֲרַ֖י לֹ֥א *תשובו **תָשֽׁוּבִי׃

Transliteration

And-I ʾāmartî, "ʾêḵ ʾăšîtēḵ among-the-bānîm wᵉʾetten-to-you ʾereṣ ḥemdâ, naḥălat ṣᵉḇî ṣiḇᵉʾôt gôyim?" wāʾōmar, "ʾāḇî tiqrᵉʾî-to-me, and-from-after-me not tašûḇî."

Grammar Details

*ʾāmartî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - 'I said'
*ʾêḵ*: interrogative - 'how?'
*ʾăšîtēḵ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular with 2nd feminine singular suffix - 'I will place you'
*bānîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - 'the sons/children'
*wᵉʾetten*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 1st person singular - 'and I will give'
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'land of'
*ḥemdâ*: noun, feminine singular - 'desire/delight'
*naḥălat*: noun, feminine singular construct - 'inheritance of'
*ṣᵉḇî*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'glory/beauty of'
*ṣiḇᵉʾôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - 'hosts of'
*gôyim*: noun, masculine plural - 'nations'
*wāʾōmar*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 1st person singular with waw consecutive - 'and I said'
*ʾāḇî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my father'
*tiqrᵉʾî*: Kethib/Qere: Qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you will call'
*tašûḇî*: Kethib/Qere: Qal imperfect 2nd feminine singular - 'you will turn away'

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartî*: I said/spoke/thought
*ʾêḵ*: how/in what way
*ʾăšîtēḵ*: I will place you/put you/set you
*bānîm*: sons/children/descendants
*wᵉʾetten*: and I will give/provide
*ʾereṣ*: land/country/territory
*ḥemdâ*: desire/delight/pleasant
*naḥălat*: inheritance/possession/heritage
*ṣᵉḇî*: glory/beauty/splendor
*ṣiḇᵉʾôt*: hosts/armies
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*wāʾōmar*: and I said/spoke/thought
*ʾāḇî*: my father
*tiqrᵉʾî/tiqrᵉʾû*: you will call/name (feminine singular/plural)
*tašûḇî/tašûḇû*: you will turn away/depart (feminine singular/plural)

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Referenced Verses

Jer 3:4 : 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Isa 63:16 : 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.
Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Ps 106:24 : 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Jer 5:7 : 7 How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.
Jer 12:10 : 10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
Jer 32:39-40 : 39 and 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: 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
Ezek 20:6 : 6 in that day I sware unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
Dan 8:9 : 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious [land].
Dan 11:16 : 16 But 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, and in his hand shall be destruction.
Dan 11:41 : 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Dan 11:45 : 45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Hos 11:8 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.
Matt 6:8-9 : 8 Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
John 1:11-13 : 11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Rom 8:15-17 : 15 For ye {G2983} received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him].
2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you, 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
Gal 4:5-7 : 5 that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir {G2316} through God.
Eph 1:5 : 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1 John 3:1-3 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. 3 And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

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