“You only have I known among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your wrongdoing.”

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “An enemy, one surrounding the land, Will take down your fortifications from you, And your citadels will be looted.”

“Therefore so I will do to you, Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, Israel.”

Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And take a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of cut stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps quiet, because it is an evil time.

Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says: “There is mourning in all the public squares, And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to mourning rites.

Therefore I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.

Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the revelry of those who lounge around will come to an end.

The Lord God has sworn by Himself, the Lord God of armies has declared: “I loathe the arrogance of Jacob, And detest his citadels; Therefore I will give up the city and all it contains.”

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”