Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
But I - (emphatic). "And I." The emphasis lies in the abundant goodness of God contrasted with Israel' s waywardness.
How ...? - Rather, How ...! i. e., How gloriously! With what honor will I place thee among the children!
Goodly ... of the hosts ... - Rather, "a heritage of the chief beauty of nations." The general sense is, that Israel "possesses the most beautiful territory of any nation."
And I said - This clause is not the answer to a difficulty, as in the King James Version, but completes the description of God' s loving purpose. "I said within myself that I would treat thee as a son, and give thee a glorious inheritance: I also said, that ye would return my love, would call me Father, and be untrue to me no more."
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 3:19:
Isaiah 38:15
Ezekiel 5:5
Daniel 11:16
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