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Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.

"Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, to which you have come.

Therefore prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

"Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it?

Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, "Now I will return the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name.

The side chambers surrounding the house were wider at each successive story. Because the structure surrounding the house went upward by stages on all sides of the house, therefore the width of the house increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the second story.

For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.

Yahweh said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut.

Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn against them," declares Lord Yahweh, "that they shall bear the punishment for their iniquity.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest timeAnd My new wine in its season.I will also deliver My wool and My flax from themGiven to cover her nakedness.

"Therefore, behold, I will allure herAnd bring her into the wildernessAnd speak to her heart.

Therefore the land mourns,And everyone who inhabits it languishesAlong with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,And also the fish of the sea disappear.

Therefore I am like a moth to EphraimAnd like rottenness to the house of Judah.

Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets;I have killed them by the words of My mouth;And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.

Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people,And all your fortifications will be destroyed,As Shalman destroyed Beth‑arbel on the day of battle,When mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

Therefore, return to your God,Keep lovingkindness and justice,And hope in your God continually.

Therefore they will be like the morning cloudAnd like dew which soon disappears,Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floorAnd like smoke from a chimney.

As they had their pasture, then they became satisfied,Indeed, they were satisfied, and their heart became raised up;Therefore they forgot Me.

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