Jeremiah 3:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Then I
וְאָנֹכִ֣י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

said,
אָמַ֗רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘How
אֵ֚יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

I long to make you
אֲשִׁיתֵ֣ךְ (’ă·šî·ṯêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7896: To put, set

My sons
בַּבָּנִ֔ים (bab·bā·nîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

and give
וְאֶתֶּן־ (wə·’et·ten-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you a desirable
חֶמְדָּ֔ה (ḥem·dāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2532: Desire, delight

land,
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

the most beautiful
צְבִ֖י (ṣə·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6643: Splendor, a gazelle

inheritance
נַחֲלַ֥ת (na·ḥă·laṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

of all
צִבְא֣וֹת (ṣiḇ·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

the nations.’
גּוֹיִ֑ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

I thought
וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

you would call Me
תִּקְרְאִי־ (tiq·rə·’î-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

‘Father’
אָבִי֙ (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

and never
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

turn away
תָשֽׁוּבִי׃ (ṯā·šū·ḇî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from following Me.
וּמֵאַחֲרַ֖י (ū·mê·’a·ḥă·ray)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | first person common singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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