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Therefore the law is ignored And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out perverted.

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook, Drag them away with their net, And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their fishing net; Because through these things their catch is large, And their food is plentiful.

Will they therefore empty their net And continually slay nations without sparing?

"Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, "Surely Moab will be like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah— A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them."

"Therefore wait for Me," declares the LORD, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.

Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your ways!

"Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.

"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Return to Me," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I may return to you," says the LORD of hosts.

'Therefore thus says the LORD, "I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; My house will be built in it," declares the LORD of hosts, "and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem."'

"They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.

For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

"For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

"Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;

"The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

"Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

"In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

"Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."