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Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, all of you according to your ways, says the Lord God . Repent and turn from all your transgressions; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin.

Therefore, mortal, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : In this again your ancestors blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me.

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your ancestors and go astray after their detestable things?

Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north;

The Drawn Sword of God The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord : I am coming against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked. Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again. Moan therefore, mortal; moan with breaking heart and bitter grief before their eyes.

therefore hearts melt and many stumble. At all their gates I have set the point of the sword. Ah! It is made for flashing, it is polished for slaughter.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you have brought your guilt to remembrance, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.

You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made; you have brought your day near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a disgrace before the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath; I have returned their conduct upon their heads, says the Lord God .

Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.

Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God : I will rouse against you your lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side:

You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore bear the consequences of your lewdness and whorings.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Woe to the bloody city, the pot whose rust is in it, whose rust has not gone out of it! Empty it piece by piece, making no choice at all.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile great.

therefore I am handing you over to the people of the east for a possession. They shall set their encampments among you and pitch their tents in your midst; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

therefore I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you shall know that I am the Lord .

therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the towns on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.

therefore thus says the Lord God , I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and cut off from it humans and animals, and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.