Jeremiah 3:19
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.
I said
This phrase indicates a direct communication from God, emphasizing His personal involvement and desire for a relationship with His people. In the Hebrew text, the word "אמרתי" (amarti) is used, which is a form of the verb "to say." This highlights the intentional and deliberate nature of God's message, underscoring His proactive role in reaching out to Israel.

How I long
The Hebrew word "אֵיךְ" (eikh) conveys a deep yearning or desire. This expression of longing reveals God's emotional investment in His people. It is not a mere obligation but a heartfelt desire to bless and nurture them. This reflects the depth of God's love and His willingness to go to great lengths to restore His relationship with Israel.

to make you My sons
The concept of sonship is central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The Hebrew word "בָּנִים" (banim) signifies not just a legal status but an intimate familial bond. This reflects God's intention to elevate Israel to a position of honor and closeness, akin to that of children to a father, highlighting the personal and relational nature of God's covenant.

and give you a desirable land
The "desirable land" refers to the Promised Land, a central theme in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word "אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה" (eretz chemdah) implies a land that is not only physically beautiful but also spiritually significant. This land is a tangible expression of God's promise and blessing, symbolizing abundance, peace, and divine favor.

the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations
This phrase underscores the uniqueness and superiority of the inheritance God offers. The Hebrew word "נַחֲלַת צְבִי" (nachalat tzvi) can be translated as "glorious inheritance," emphasizing its unparalleled value. This inheritance is not just material but also spiritual, representing the fullness of life and blessing found in a relationship with God.

I thought you would call Me ‘Father’
The expectation of calling God "Father" signifies a desired relationship of intimacy and trust. The Hebrew word "אָב" (av) is a term of endearment and respect, indicating a close, personal relationship. This reflects God's hope for Israel to recognize Him as their loving and caring provider, protector, and guide.

and never turn away from following Me
This phrase highlights the ideal of steadfast faithfulness and obedience. The Hebrew word "לֹא תָשׁוּבוּ" (lo tashuvu) means "not turn back" or "not apostatize." It underscores the importance of a continuous, unwavering commitment to God. This call to faithfulness is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, emphasizing the need for Israel to remain true to their covenant with God.

Persons / Places / Events
1. God
The speaker in this verse, expressing His desire for a relationship with His people.

2. Israel
The intended recipients of God's promise, representing His chosen people.

3. Desirable Land
Symbolic of the blessings and inheritance God wishes to bestow upon His people.

4. Father
The relational term God desires His people to use, indicating intimacy and trust.

5. Nations
The broader context in which Israel's inheritance is considered the most beautiful.
Teaching Points
God's Desire for Relationship
God longs for an intimate relationship with His people, desiring to be called "Father." This reflects His love and commitment to us.

Inheritance and Blessing
The "desirable land" symbolizes the spiritual blessings and inheritance God offers to those who follow Him.

Faithfulness and Obedience
God expects His people to remain faithful and not turn away, emphasizing the importance of obedience in our relationship with Him.

Repentance and Return
Just as God desired Israel to return to Him, He calls us to repentance and restoration of our relationship with Him.

Identity as Children of God
Recognizing our identity as God's children should influence how we live, encouraging us to reflect His character and values.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does understanding God as a "Father" change your perspective on your relationship with Him?

2. In what ways can you actively pursue the "desirable land" or spiritual inheritance God has promised?

3. Reflect on a time when you turned away from God. What steps did you take to return to Him, and how did it affect your relationship?

4. How can the concept of God’s faithfulness encourage you in times of doubt or struggle?

5. How does recognizing your identity as a child of God influence your daily decisions and interactions with others?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Deuteronomy 32:6
This verse also speaks of God as a Father, highlighting the relationship He desires with His people.

Hosea 11:1-4
Illustrates God's fatherly love and longing for Israel, similar to the sentiment in Jeremiah 3:19.

Romans 8:15
In the New Testament, believers are encouraged to call God "Abba, Father," reflecting the intimate relationship God desires.

Ezekiel 20:6
Describes the land God promised to Israel, emphasizing its desirability and beauty.

Luke 15:11-32
The Parable of the Prodigal Son, which mirrors God's longing for His children to return to Him.
A Wonderful ChangeLyman Beecher.Jeremiah 3:19
AdoptionWatson.Jeremiah 3:19
Among the ChildrenJeremiah 3:19
Put Among the ChildrenW. G. Lewis.Jeremiah 3:19
Put Among the ChildrenA.F. Muir Jeremiah 3:19
RegenerationJeremiah 3:19
The Great Difficulty OvercomeS. Conway Jeremiah 3:19
The True Source of SalvationC. Simeon, M. A.Jeremiah 3:19
Confession of Sin the Indispensable Prerequisite for its PardonS. Conway Jeremiah 3:12-19
People
Jeremiah, Josiah
Places
Assyria, Jerusalem, Zion
Topics
Armies, Beauteous, Beautiful, Desirable, Desired, Gladly, Glory, Goodliest, Goodly, Heritage, Hosts, Inheritance, Nation, Nations, Pleasant, Sons, Treat, Turn
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Jeremiah 3:19

     1040   God, fatherhood
     7115   children of God
     7141   people of God, OT

Jeremiah 3:1-25

     8705   apostasy, in OT

Jeremiah 3:13-22

     5881   immaturity

Jeremiah 3:19-20

     6232   rejection of God, results

Jeremiah 3:19-21

     5541   society, negative

Jeremiah 3:19-22

     8764   forgetting God

Library
Gregory the Patriarch and the Society at Kunwald, 1457-1473.
A brilliant idea is an excellent thing. A man to work it out is still better. At the very time when Peter's followers were marshalling their forces, John Rockycana,5 Archbishop-elect of Prague (since 1448), was making a mighty stir in that drunken city. What Peter had done with his pen, Rockycana was doing with his tongue. He preached Peter's doctrines in the great Thein Church; he corresponded with him on the burning topics of the day; he went to see him at his estate; he recommended his works
J. E. Hutton—History of the Moravian Church

Stanzas by the Warden
The following stanzas, written by the Warden on the occasion of the baptism, will be read with pleasure, especially by those who are aware how faithfully the amiable writer of them fulfilled his part in preparing Kallihirua, not only for the right performance of such duties as seemed to await him in life, but (what was far more important) for an early death. THE BAPTISM OF KALLIHIRUA "I WILL TAKE YOU ONE OF A CITY, AND TWO OF A FAMILY, AND I WILL BRING YOU TO ZION."--Jer. iii. 14. Far through the
Thomas Boyles Murray—Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian,

Concerning the Ministry.
Concerning the Ministry. As by the light or gift of God all true knowledge in things spiritual is received and revealed, so by the same, as it is manifested and received in the heart, by the strength and power thereof, every true minister of the gospel is ordained, prepared, and supplied in the work of the ministry; and by the leading, moving, and drawing hereof ought every evangelist and Christian pastor to be led and ordered in his labour and work of the gospel, both as to the place where, as to
Robert Barclay—Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

"The Heritage of the Heathen"
AND the Master said further, "We read in the lesson to-day a verse which tells us that the Lord has a pleasant land to give us, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the heathen' (Jer. iii. 19). And He has also said that He hath shewed His people the power of His works, that He may give them the heritage of the heathen.' "What, dear children, is this pleasant land? and what is the heritage of the heathen the Lord has promised you? The pleasant land is none other than the heritage of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Frances Bevan—Three Friends of God

How the Impudent and Bashful are to be Admonished.
(Admonition 8). Differently to be admonished are the impudent and the bashful. For those nothing but hard rebuke restrains from the vice of impudence; while these for the most part a modest exhortation disposes to amendment. Those do not know that they are in fault, unless they be rebuked even by many; to these it usually suffices for their conversion that the teacher at least gently reminds them of their evil deeds. For those one best corrects who reprehends them by direct invective; but to
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

How those are to be Admonished who have had Experience of the Sins of the Flesh, and those who have Not.
(Admonition 29.) Differently to be admonished are those who are conscious of sins of the flesh, and those who know them not. For those who have had experience of the sins of the flesh are to be admonished that, at any rate after shipwreck, they should fear the sea, and feel horror at their risk of perdition at least when it has become known to them; lest, having been mercifully preserved after evil deeds committed, by wickedly repeating the same they die. Whence to the soul that sins and never
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

Conversion of all that Come.
"Turn Thou me and I shall be turned." --Jer. xxxi. 18. The elect, born again and effectually called, converts himself. To remain unconverted is impossible; but he inclines his ear, he turns his face to the blessed God, he is converted in the fullest sense of the word. In conversion the fact of cooperation on the part of the saved sinner assumes a clearly defined and perceptible character. In regeneration there was none; in the calling there was a beginning of it; in conversion proper it became a
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

The Saints' Privilege and Profit;
OR, THE THRONE OF GRACE ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. The churches of Christ are very much indebted to the Rev. Charles Doe, for the preservation and publishing of this treatise. It formed one of the ten excellent manuscripts left by Bunyan at his decease, prepared for the press. Having treated on the nature of prayer in his searching work on 'praying with the spirit and with the understanding also,' in which he proves from the sacred scriptures that prayer cannot be merely read or said, but must
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Assurance
Q-xxxvi: WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS WHICH FLOW FROM SANCTIFICATION? A: Assurance of God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end. The first benefit flowing from sanctification is assurance of God's love. 'Give diligence to make your calling and election sure.' 2 Pet 1:10. Sanctification is the seed, assurance is the flower which grows out of it: assurance is a consequent of sanctification. The saints of old had it. We know that we know
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

Sign Seekers, and the Enthusiast Reproved.
(Galilee on the Same Day as the Last Section.) ^A Matt. XII. 38-45; ^C Luke XI. 24-36. ^c 29 And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, ^a 38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee. [Having been severely rebuked by Jesus, it is likely that the scribes and Pharisees asked for a sign that they might appear to the multitude more fair-minded and open to conviction than Jesus had represented them to be. Jesus had just wrought
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

The Call of Matthew - the Saviour's Welcome to Sinners - Rabbinic Theology as Regards the Doctrine of Forgiveness in Contrast to the Gospel of Christ
In two things chiefly does the fundamental difference appear between Christianity and all other religious systems, notably Rabbinism. And in these two things, therefore, lies the main characteristic of Christ's work; or, taking a wider view, the fundamental idea of all religions. Subjectively, they concern sin and the sinner; or, to put it objectively, the forgiveness of sin and the welcome to the sinner. But Rabbinism, and every other system down to modern humanitarianism - if it rises so high in
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

Backsliding.
"I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely: for Mine anger is turned away."--Hosea xiv. 4. There are two kinds of backsliders. Some have never been converted: they have gone through the form of joining a Christian community and claim to be backsliders; but they never have, if I may use the expression, "slid forward." They may talk of backsliding; but they have never really been born again. They need to be treated differently from real back-sliders--those who have been born of the incorruptible
Dwight L. Moody—The Way to God and How to Find It

The Covenant of Grace
Q-20: DID GOD LEAVE ALL MANKIND TO PERISH 1N THE ESTATE OF SIN AND MISERY? A: No! He entered into a covenant of grace to deliver the elect out of that state, and to bring them into a state of grace by a Redeemer. 'I will make an everlasting covenant with you.' Isa 55:5. Man being by his fall plunged into a labyrinth of misery, and having no way left to recover himself, God was pleased to enter into a new covenant with him, and to restore him to life by a Redeemer. The great proposition I shall go
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

Bunyan's Last Sermon --Preached July 1688.
"Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God;" John i. 13. The words have a dependence on what goes before, and therefore I must direct you to them for the right understanding of it. You have it thus,--"He came to his own, but his own received him not; but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them which believe on his name; which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but of God." In
by John Bunyan—Miscellaneous Pieces

Mr. Bunyan's Last Sermon:
Preached August 19TH, 1688 [ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR] This sermon, although very short, is peculiarly interesting: how it was preserved we are not told; but it bears strong marks of having been published from notes taken by one of the hearers. There is no proof that any memorandum or notes of this sermon was found in the autograph of the preacher. In the list of Bunyan's works published by Chas. Doe, at the end of the 'Heavenly Footman,' March 1690, it stands No. 44. He professes to give the title-page,
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Concerning Justification.
Concerning Justification. As many as resist not this light, but receive the same, it becomes in them an holy, pure, and spiritual birth, bringing forth holiness, righteousness, purity, and all those other blessed fruits which are acceptable to God: by which holy birth, to wit, Jesus Christ formed within us, and working his works in us, as we are sanctified, so are we justified in the sight of God, according to the apostle's words; But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in
Robert Barclay—Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

Messiah's Easy Yoke
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. T hough the influence of education and example, may dispose us to acknowledge the Gospel to be a revelation from God; it can only be rightly understood, or duly prized, by those persons who feel themselves in the circumstances of distress, which it is designed to relieve. No Israelite would think of fleeing to a city of refuge (Joshua 20:2.
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1

"They have Corrupted Themselves; their Spot is not the Spot of his Children; they are a Perverse and Crooked Generation. "
Deut. xxxii. 5.--"They have corrupted themselves; their spot is not the spot of his children; they are a perverse and crooked generation." We doubt this people would take well with such a description of themselves as Moses gives. It might seem strange to us, that God should have chosen such a people out of all the nations of the earth, and they to be so rebellious and perverse, if our own experience did not teach us how free his choice is, and how long-suffering he is, and constant in his choice.
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

The Divine Jesus.
Jehovah-Jesus: John 1:1-18. the intimacy of John, John 13:23. 19:26. 20:2. 21:7, 20. "with Jesus," John 18:15.--John writes of Jesus--- when he wrote--getting the range--his literary style--the beginning--the Word--this was Jesus--the tragic tone. God's Spokesman: the Creator was Jehovah--- Jehovah is Jesus--the Spokesman--Old Testament revelations, Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the elders of Israel, Isaiah, Ezekiel,--Whom these saw--various ways of speaking--John's Gospel
S. D. Gordon—Quiet Talks about Jesus

Jeremiah
The interest of the book of Jeremiah is unique. On the one hand, it is our most reliable and elaborate source for the long period of history which it covers; on the other, it presents us with prophecy in its most intensely human phase, manifesting itself through a strangely attractive personality that was subject to like doubts and passions with ourselves. At his call, in 626 B.C., he was young and inexperienced, i. 6, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 650. The political and religious
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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