"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."

Therefore," says the sovereign Lord, "an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted."

"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.

"Therefore this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.'"