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Jeremiah 3:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 3:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
True Repentance
19 I thought: How I long to make you My sons
and give you a desirable land,
the most beautiful inheritance(A) of all the nations.
I thought: You will call Me, my Father,
and never turn away from Me.
20 However, as a woman may betray her lover,[a]
so you have betrayed(B) Me, house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
21 A sound is heard on the barren heights,
the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy,
for they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.(C)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:20 Lit friend
Jeremiah 3:19-21
New International Version
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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