Jeremiah 3:19

And I said, So be it, Lord, for thou saidst, I will set thee among children, and will give thee a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, Ye shall call me Father; and ye shall not turn away from me.

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In The King James 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.

In Context

18In those days the house of Judah shall come together to the house of Israel, and they shall come, together, from the land of the north, and from all the countries, to the land, which I caused their fathers to inherit.

20But as a wife acts treacherously against her husband, so has the house of Israel dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Proverbs 3:35The wise shall inherit glory; 1 But the ungodly have exalted their own dishonor.

Isaiah 64:8Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins forever; but now look on us, for we are all thy people.

Jeremiah 5:7In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses.

Jeremiah 31:9Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence shall there be an inhabitant for her?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 3:13-20

Encouragements to Repentance. ( b. c. 620.) 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord ; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord , and I will not keep anger for ever. 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord . 14 Turn, O backsliding children,… Read the whole commentary →

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