Jeremiah 3:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and 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)

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But I said,{H559} How I will put{H7896} thee among the children,{H1121} and give{H5414} thee a pleasant{H2532} land,{H776} a goodly{H6643} heritage{H5159} of the hosts{H6635} of the nations!{H1471} and I said,{H559} Ye shall call{H7121} me My Father,{H1} and shall not turn away{H7725} from following me.{H310}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But I said{H559}{(H8804)}, How shall I put{H7896}{(H8799)} thee among the children{H1121}, and give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee a pleasant{H2532} land{H776}, a goodly{H6643} heritage{H5159} of the hosts{H6635} of nations{H1471}? and I said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thou shalt call{H7121}{(H8799)} me, My father{H1}; and shalt not turn away{H7725}{(H8799)} from me{H310}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I haue shewed also, how I toke the vp beinge but a childe, and gaue the a pleasaunt londe for thine heretage, yee and a goodly hooste of the Heithen: and how I commaunded the, that thou shuldest call me father only, and not to shrencke fro me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I haue thought thus: howe shall I take thee to be my children, and geue a pleasaunt lande for thine heritage, yea and a goodly hoast of the heathen? And I sayd, Call me father, and shrincke not from me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, You shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "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.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “I thought to myself,‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ I thought you would call me,‘Father’ and would never cease being loyal to me.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 3:4 : 4 Have you not just now called to me, 'My Father, you are the friend of my youth'?
• Isa 63:16 : 16 But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
• Isa 64:8 : 8 Do not be exceedingly angry, LORD, and do not remember our sins forever. Behold us, we are all your people.
• Ps 106:24 : 24 But they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.
• Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools get only shame.
• Jer 5:7 : 7 How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.
• Jer 12:10 : 10 Many shepherds have ruined my vineyard; they have trampled my portion underfoot. They have turned my pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come with weeping, and with pleas for mercy, I will lead them. I will guide them to streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son, my precious child? For as often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore, my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
• Jer 32:39-40 : 39 I will give them one heart and one way so that they may always fear Me, for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant; I will never turn away from doing good to them. I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
• Ezek 20:6 : 6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.
• Dan 8:9 : 9 Out of one of them came a little horn, which grew exceedingly great toward the south, the east, and the Beautiful Land.
• Dan 11:16 : 16 The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to withstand him. He will establish himself in the Glorious Land, and it will be completely under his control.
• Dan 11:41 : 41 He will also enter the Glorious Land, and many will fall, but Edom, Moab, and the leaders of Ammon will escape from his hand.
• Dan 11:45 : 45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas at the beautiful holy mountain. Yet, he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
• Hos 11:8 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within Me; My compassion grows warm and tender.
• Matt 6:8-9 : 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
• John 1:11-13 : 11 He came to His own, but His own people did not receive Him. 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. 13 They 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 You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.' 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.
• 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.' 18 And, 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty.
• Gal 3:26 : 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
• Gal 4:5-7 : 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father.' 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.
• Eph 1:5 : 5 He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith for the preservation of the soul.
• 1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
• 1 John 3:1-3 : 1 See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.