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Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain?Or can the heavens give showers?Is it not You, O Yahweh our God?Therefore we hope in You,For You are the one who has done all these things.

Therefore thus says Yahweh,"If you return, then I will cause you to return—Before Me you will stand;And if you extract the precious from the worthless,You will become My mouthpiece.They for their part may turn to you,But as for you, you must not turn to them.

"Therefore behold, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when it will no longer be said, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'

"Therefore behold, I am going to make them know—This time I will make them knowMy power and My might;And they shall know that My name is Yahweh."

"Therefore thus says Yahweh,‘Ask now among the nations,Who ever heard the like of this?The virgin of IsraelHas done a most appalling thing.

Therefore, give their children over to famineAnd deliver them up to the power of the sword;And let their wives become childless and widowed.Let their men also be smitten to death,Their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

therefore, behold, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the valley of Slaughter.

But Yahweh is with me like a ruthless mighty one;Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.They will be utterly ashamed, because they have not prospered,With an everlasting dishonor that will not be forgotten.

Therefore thus says Yahweh in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,"They will not lament for him:‘Alas, my brother!' or, ‘Alas, sister!'They will not lament for him:‘Alas for the master!' or, ‘Alas for his splendor!'

Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who are shepherding My people: "You have scattered My flock and banished them and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds," declares Yahweh.

"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when they will no longer say, ‘As Yahweh lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,'

"Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them;They will be driven away into the thick darkness and fall down in it;For I will bring their evil upon them,The year of their punishment," declares Yahweh.

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts concerning the prophets,‘Behold, I am going to feed them wormwoodAnd make them drink poisoned water,For from the prophets of JerusalemPollution has gone forth into all the land.'"

Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," declares Yahweh, "who steal My words from each other.

Therefore behold, I will surely forget you and abandon you, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers, so that you are out of My presence.

"Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Because you have not listened to My words,

"Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them,‘Yahweh will roar from on highAnd give forth His voice from His holy habitation;He will roar mightily against His pasture.He will bellow a shout like those who tread the grapes,Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.'"

You, therefore, hear the word of Yahweh, all you exiles, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

therefore thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his seed; he will not have anyone living among this people, and he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people," declares Yahweh, "because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh."'"