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Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my wine in its season; and I will take away my wool and my flax, which were to cover her nakedness.

Therefore, I will now allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.

They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the whore, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

Therefore I am like maggots to Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah.

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.

therefore the tumult of war shall rise against your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle when mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes away early, like chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.

When I fed them, they were satisfied; they were satisfied, and their heart was proud; therefore they forgot me.

You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Therefore thus says the Lord God : An adversary shall surround the land, and strip you of your defense; and your strongholds shall be plundered.

Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

Therefore because you trample on the poor and take from them levies of grain, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not live in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Therefore thus says the Lord , the God of hosts, the Lord: In all the squares there shall be wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, "Alas! alas!" They shall call the farmers to mourning, and those skilled in lamentation, to wailing;

therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord , whose name is the God of hosts.

Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile, and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away.

"Now therefore hear the word of the Lord . You say, ‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.'

Therefore thus says the Lord : ‘Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be parceled out by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.'"

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards. I will pour down her stones into the valley, and uncover her foundations.