Jeremiah 3:19-21
GOD’S WORD Translation
19 “I wanted to treat you like children
and give you a pleasant land,
the most beautiful property among the nations.
I thought that you would call me Father and wouldn’t turn away from me.
20 But like a wife who betrays her husband,
so you, nation of Israel, betrayed me,” declares the Lord.
21 The sound of crying is heard on the hills.
It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel.
They have become crooked
and have forgotten the Lord their God.
Jeremiah 3:19-21
New International Version
19 “I myself said,
“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
and give you a pleasant land,(A)
the most beautiful inheritance(B) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’(C)
and not turn away from following me.
20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
so you, Israel, have been unfaithful(D) to me,”
declares the Lord.
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