Jeremiah 3:19
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאָנֹכִ֣י | ve.'a.no.Khi | and I | H595 → |
| אָמַ֗רְתִּי | 'a.Mar.ti | I thought | H559 → |
| אֵ֚יךְ | 'eikh | how! | H349 → |
| אֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ | 'a.shi.Tekh | I will set you | H7896 → |
| בַּבָּנִ֔ים | ba.ba.Nim | among the sons | H1121 → |
| וְאֶתֶּן־ | ve.'e.ten- | so I may give | H5414 → |
| לָךְ֙ | loKh | to <the> you | |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | 'E.retz | a land of | H776 → |
| חֶמְדָּ֔ה | chem.Dah | desire | H2532 → |
| נַחֲלַ֥ת | na.cha.Lat | an inheritance of | H5159 → |
| צְבִ֖י | tze.Vi | beauty of | H6643 → |
| צִבְא֣וֹת | tziv.'ot | beauties of | H6643 → |
| גּוֹיִ֑ם | go.Yim | nations | H1471 → |
| וָאֹמַ֗ר | va.'o.Mar | and I thought | H559 → |
| אָבִי֙ | 'a.Vi | father my | H1 → |
| תִּקְרְאִי | tik.re.'u- | you will call | H7121 → |
| לִ֔י | Li | <to> <the> me | |
| וּמֵאַחֲרַ֖י | u.me.'a.cha.Rai | and from after me | H310 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| תָשֽׁוּבִי׃ | ta.shu.vu | you will turn away | H7725 → |
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