But I said: ‘How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest heritage of the nations!’ And I said: ‘Thou shalt call Me, My father;
and shalt not turn away from following Me.’
Jeremiah 3:19 (The Israel Bible™)

וְאָנֹכִי אָמַרְתִּי אֵיךְ אֲשִׁיתֵךְ בַּבָּנִים וְאֶתֶּן לָךְ אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה נַחֲלַת צְבִי צִבְאוֹת גּוֹיִם וָאֹמַר אָבִי תקראו תִּקְרְאִי לִי וּמֵאַחֲרַי לֹא תשובו תָשׁוּבִי
ירמיהו ג:יט

v’-a-no-KHEE a-MAR-tee aykh a-shee-TAYKH ba-ba-NEEM v’-e-TEN lakh E-retz khem-DAH na-kha-LAT tz’-VEE tziv-OT go-YIM va-o-MAR a-VEE tik-r’-EE lee u-may-a-kha-RAI lo ta-SHU-vee
Today's Israel Inspiration
Jeremiah describes the Land of Israel as an “eretz khemdah” (אֶרֶץ‭ ‬חֶמְדָּה), translated here as “a pleasant land.” The word ‘khemdah,’ however, also means desire. The commentator Rabbi David Kimchi explains that Jeremiah uses this description since the Land of Israel is desired by all the nations. God’s holy presence is so palpable there, that everyone senses and seeks its holiness.
Rabbi Truy Weisz.