Jeremiah 3:19

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Will you not from this time call to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
• Isa 63:16 : 16 Doubtless you are our Father, though Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer; your name is from everlasting.
• Isa 64:8 : 8 But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
• Ps 106:24 : 24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land, they did not believe his word.
• Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.
• Jer 5:7 : 7 How shall I pardon you for this? Your 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 shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which 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 spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
• Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and 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 my hand to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had spied 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 grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
• Dan 11:16 : 16 But he who comes 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 also enter the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
• Dan 11:45 : 45 And he shall plant the tents 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 can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I deliver you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is kindled together.
• Matt 6:8-9 : 8 Therefore do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask Him. 9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
• John 1:11-13 : 11 He came to his own, and his own did not receive him. 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in 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 you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit Himself bears 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 indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
• 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
• Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:5-7 : 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.' 7 Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
• Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestined us to 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 those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to 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 abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, which does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
• 1 John 3:1-3 : 1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him. 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, 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.