19 “Then I said,

‘How I would set you among [a]My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most (A)beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, (B)My Father,
And not turn away from following Me.’
20 “Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her [b]lover,
So you have (C)dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord.

21 A voice is heard on the (D)bare heights,
The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;
Because they have perverted their way,
They have (E)forgotten the Lord their God.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:19 Lit the
  2. Jeremiah 3:20 Or companion