Jeremiah 3:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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)

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 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, 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 shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
• Jer 12:10 : 10 Many pastors 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 the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
• 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 them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• Ezek 20:6 : 6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied 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 pleasant 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, which by his hand shall be consumed.
• Dan 11:41 : 41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
• Dan 11:45 : 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in 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 deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
• Matt 6:8-9 : 8 Be not ye 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 which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• John 1:11-13 : 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which 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 have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the 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 together.
• 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
• Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:5-7 : 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
• Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
• Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• 1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To 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 the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.