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)