Jeremiah 3:19
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 3:4 shows Israel previously calling God 'My father' — the very response God desired here, highlighting their hypocrisy.
In Jeremiah 12:10, the same 'pleasant portion' is trampled by shepherds, showing the tragic fate of the beautiful heritage God intended for Israel.
Jeremiah 31:9 promises restoration with God declaring 'I am a father to Israel' — fulfilling the fatherhood God desired here.
Jeremiah 31:20 expresses God's yearning for Ephraim as a dear son — the same fatherly love God laments lacking in this verse.
Daniel 11:41 again refers to the 'glorious land' as the target of invasion, reinforcing the tragedy of God's beautiful gift being ravaged.
Ephesians 1:5 shows God predestining believers for adoption as sons through Christ — the very inheritance God desired for Israel here.
Galatians 4:5-7 describes adoption as sons and the Spirit crying 'Abba, Father' — fulfilling the call to 'call me My Father' in this verse.
Galatians 3:26 states that through faith in Christ we are all sons of God — the sonship God wanted to bestow on Israel here.
2 Corinthians 6:18 directly echoes God's promise to be a father and receive sons and daughters — the relationship God desired in this verse.
Romans 8:15-17 reveals the Spirit of adoption enabling believers to cry 'Abba, Father' and become heirs—fulfilling the sonship and inheritance here.
John 1:11-13 reveals that receiving Christ grants the right to become God's children — the sonship God wished to give Israel here.
Daniel 11:16 mentions an invader standing in the 'glorious land' and destroying it, fulfilling the desolation of the heritage God gave Israel.
Ezekiel 20:6 echoes God's oath to give Israel 'the most glorious of all lands,' matching the 'pleasant land' and 'most beautiful heritage' here.
1 John 3:1 marvels that believers are called children of God — the reality of what God yearned for when He said 'you would call me My Father' here.
Psalm 106:24 records Israel despising the 'pleasant land' — the very same heritage God promised here — highlighting their faithlessness.
Isaiah 64:8 also calls God 'our Father' and adds potter/clay imagery, reinforcing the idea of God as Father of His people.
Isaiah 63:16 affirms God as Father when human patriarchs fail, echoing the fatherhood God desired Israel to acknowledge here.
In Deuteronomy 14:1, Israel is declared children of the LORD, reinforcing God's intent here to adopt them as sons.
Galatians 4:6 describes the Spirit crying 'Abba! Father!'—echoing the call to God as Father that Jeremiah 3:19 longed for.
Isaiah 43:6 commands bringing God's sons from afar, reinforcing the father-child relationship and gathering of God's people here.
Isaiah 45:11 refers to God's sons, directly supporting the call to address God as Father in this verse.
Acts 20:32 speaks of an inheritance among the sanctified—like the heritage and land God promised to give His sons in Jeremiah 3:19.
John 1:12 grants the right to become children of God—fulfilling the desire in Jeremiah 3:19 to set Israel among His sons.
Luke 15:18 shows a son returning to his father and confessing—echoing the call 'My Father' and turning back that God desired in Jeremiah 3:19.
Luke 12:32 says the Father is pleased to give the kingdom—parallel to the pleasant land and heritage God desired to give His sons here.
Hosea 1:11 promises reunification under one head—echoing the gathering of sons and restoration of the land in Jeremiah 3:19.
John 8:41 has people claiming God as Father, but Jesus disputes it—contrasting the true sonship God desired here with empty claims.
1 Peter 1:4 describes an imperishable inheritance kept in heaven, paralleling the earthly heritage Jeremiah mentions but shifting to a spiritual hope.
Psalm 47:4 describes God choosing our inheritance, echoing the beautiful heritage God gives to his people here.
Daniel 8:9 speaks of a horn growing toward the 'glorious land' — the same beautiful land promised here, now under threat from a foreign power.
Daniel 11:45 mentions the 'glorious holy mountain,' a specific part of the beautiful land God gave Israel, now central to end-time conflict.