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.”

¹⁶ Jacob’s Portion^[a] is not like these
because he is the one who formed all things.^(A)
Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;^(B)
the Lord of Armies is his name.^(C)