Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,
and it will consume its citadels.

Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Tyre,
and it will consume its citadels.

Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,
and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.

Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah,
and it will consume its citadels.
There will be shouting on the day of battle
and a violent wind on the day of the storm.

Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.
Moab will die with a tumult,
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.

Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

I have known only you
out of all the clans of the earth;
therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Therefore, the Lord God says:

An enemy will surround the land;
he will destroy your strongholds
and plunder your citadels.

Therefore, Israel, that is what I will do to you,
and since I will do that to you,
Israel, prepare to meet your God!

Therefore, because you trample on the poor
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.

Therefore, the wise person will keep silent
at such a time,
for the days are evil.

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:

There will be wailing in all the public squares;
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners to wail.

Therefore, they will now go into exile
as the first of the captives,
and the feasting of those who sprawl out
will come to an end.

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,
and your land will be divided up
with a measuring line.
You yourself will die on pagan soil,
and Israel will certainly go into exile
from its homeland.