diff --git a/langchain/agents/agent_toolkits/pandas/base.py b/langchain/agents/agent_toolkits/pandas/base.py
index 0913337e41183..40257bf90dd69 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/agent_toolkits/pandas/base.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/agent_toolkits/pandas/base.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def create_pandas_dataframe_agent(
     try:
         import pandas as pd
     except ImportError:
-        raise ValueError(
+        raise ImportError(
             "pandas package not found, please install with `pip install pandas`"
         )
 
diff --git a/langchain/cache.py b/langchain/cache.py
index c8e021c1f809d..5b2cf2c0e4113 100644
--- a/langchain/cache.py
+++ b/langchain/cache.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def init_gptcache(cache_obj: gptcache.Cache, llm str):
         try:
             import gptcache  # noqa: F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import gptcache python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install gptcache`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/chains/moderation.py b/langchain/chains/moderation.py
index 96528a766d312..e59dfa0cf6464 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/moderation.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/moderation.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
                 openai.organization = openai_organization
             values["client"] = openai.Moderation
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import openai python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install openai`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/chat_models/azure_openai.py b/langchain/chat_models/azure_openai.py
index b569d5222e847..93d8e5b4c44a7 100644
--- a/langchain/chat_models/azure_openai.py
+++ b/langchain/chat_models/azure_openai.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
             if openai_organization:
                 openai.organization = openai_organization
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import openai python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install openai`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/apify_dataset.py b/langchain/document_loaders/apify_dataset.py
index aae71aa74674f..e8d130597df8e 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/apify_dataset.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/apify_dataset.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             values["apify_client"] = ApifyClient()
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import apify-client Python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install apify-client`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/docugami.py b/langchain/document_loaders/docugami.py
index a808f499eb610..e30fa5f2c83f7 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/docugami.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/docugami.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _parse_dgml(
         try:
             from lxml import etree
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import lxml python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install lxml`."
             )
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def _metadata_for_project(self, project: Dict) -> Dict:
                     try:
                         from lxml import etree
                     except ImportError:
-                        raise ValueError(
+                        raise ImportError(
                             "Could not import lxml python package. "
                             "Please install it with `pip install lxml`."
                         )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/duckdb_loader.py b/langchain/document_loaders/duckdb_loader.py
index 5b7b0386915ba..43948fe37da3d 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/duckdb_loader.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/duckdb_loader.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         try:
             import duckdb
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import duckdb python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install duckdb`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/image_captions.py b/langchain/document_loaders/image_captions.py
index 1837ece61486f..6df4a03d0552e 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/image_captions.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/image_captions.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         try:
             from transformers import BlipForConditionalGeneration, BlipProcessor
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "`transformers` package not found, please install with "
                 "`pip install transformers`."
             )
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def _get_captions_and_metadata(
         try:
             from PIL import Image
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "`PIL` package not found, please install with `pip install pillow`"
             )
 
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/json_loader.py b/langchain/document_loaders/json_loader.py
index f1e594b20ef24..153c321b0913f 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/json_loader.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/json_loader.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import jq  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "jq package not found, please install it with `pip install jq`"
             )
 
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/notebook.py b/langchain/document_loaders/notebook.py
index aaa5b057eaf65..afc572cb35b90 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/notebook.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/notebook.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def load(
         try:
             import pandas as pd
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "pandas is needed for Notebook Loader, "
                 "please install with `pip install pandas`"
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/onedrive.py b/langchain/document_loaders/onedrive.py
index 0d49902ec6124..4129f80f508a5 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/onedrive.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/onedrive.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _auth(self) -> Type[Account]:
         try:
             from O365 import FileSystemTokenBackend
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "O365 package not found, please install it with `pip install o365`"
             )
         if self.auth_with_token:
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/pdf.py b/langchain/document_loaders/pdf.py
index 9a61f36c2f5a8..5f204f1f7f9e4 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/pdf.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/pdf.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: str) -> None:
         try:
             import pypdf  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "pypdf package not found, please install it with " "`pip install pypdf`"
             )
         self.parser = PyPDFParser()
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: str) -> None:
         try:
             from pdfminer.high_level import extract_text  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "`pdfminer` package not found, please install it with "
                 "`pip install pdfminer.six`"
             )
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: str):
         try:
             from pdfminer.high_level import extract_text_to_fp  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "`pdfminer` package not found, please install it with "
                 "`pip install pdfminer.six`"
             )
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: str) -> None:
         try:
             import fitz  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "`PyMuPDF` package not found, please install it with "
                 "`pip install pymupdf`"
             )
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import pdfplumber  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "pdfplumber package not found, please install it with "
                 "`pip install pdfplumber`"
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/readthedocs.py b/langchain/document_loaders/readthedocs.py
index b35f2687da898..bb10a0e9cebf8 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/readthedocs.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/readthedocs.py
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ def __init__(
         """Initialize path."""
         try:
             from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import python packages. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install beautifulsoup4`. "
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/s3_directory.py b/langchain/document_loaders/s3_directory.py
index 31386539d21a0..0c842d0523706 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/s3_directory.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/s3_directory.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         try:
             import boto3
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import boto3 python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install boto3`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/s3_file.py b/langchain/document_loaders/s3_file.py
index 3625ed0e6a3c3..246b0095b51d6 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/s3_file.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/s3_file.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         try:
             import boto3
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import `boto3` python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install boto3`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/sitemap.py b/langchain/document_loaders/sitemap.py
index 826692a1902b3..029f12f70e8ec 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/sitemap.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/sitemap.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import lxml  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "lxml package not found, please install it with " "`pip install lxml`"
             )
 
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
             try:
                 import bs4
             except ImportError:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    "bs4 package not found, please install it with " "`pip install bs4`"
+                raise ImportError(
+                    "beautifulsoup4 package not found, please install it"
+                    " with `pip install beautifulsoup4`"
                 )
             fp = open(self.web_path)
             soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(fp, "xml")
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/srt.py b/langchain/document_loaders/srt.py
index ce38f1c2f89a1..ee26d3230abf2 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/srt.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/srt.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: str):
         try:
             import pysrt  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "package `pysrt` not found, please install it with `pysrt`"
+            raise ImportError(
+                "package `pysrt` not found, please install it with `pip install pysrt`"
             )
         self.file_path = file_path
 
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/telegram.py b/langchain/document_loaders/telegram.py
index 795e1879934a2..3e4bf0e5ea7cb 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/telegram.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/telegram.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
                 nest_asyncio.apply()
                 asyncio.run(self.fetch_data_from_telegram())
             except ImportError:
-                raise ValueError(
+                raise ImportError(
                     """`nest_asyncio` package not found.
                     please install with `pip install nest_asyncio`
                     """
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def load(self) -> List[Document]:
         try:
             import pandas as pd
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 """`pandas` package not found. 
                 please install with `pip install pandas`
                 """
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/twitter.py b/langchain/document_loaders/twitter.py
index 2b1afd77ab7e3..1cf93321a1f29 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/twitter.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/twitter.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def _dependable_tweepy_import() -> tweepy:
     try:
         import tweepy
     except ImportError:
-        raise ValueError(
+        raise ImportError(
             "tweepy package not found, please install it with `pip install tweepy`"
         )
     return tweepy
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/url_playwright.py b/langchain/document_loaders/url_playwright.py
index 15739263c76a0..d68cf105ab33e 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/url_playwright.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/url_playwright.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import playwright  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "playwright package not found, please install it with "
                 "`pip install playwright`"
             )
diff --git a/langchain/document_loaders/url_selenium.py b/langchain/document_loaders/url_selenium.py
index 9a315ccc74087..5cc3f0ce099cd 100644
--- a/langchain/document_loaders/url_selenium.py
+++ b/langchain/document_loaders/url_selenium.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import selenium  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "selenium package not found, please install it with "
                 "`pip install selenium`"
             )
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import unstructured  # noqa:F401
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "unstructured package not found, please install it with "
                 "`pip install unstructured`"
             )
diff --git a/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py b/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py
index e4fe18b247d34..a107dc02cc0d1 100644
--- a/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py
+++ b/langchain/embeddings/cohere.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             values["client"] = cohere.Client(cohere_api_key)
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import cohere python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install cohere`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/embeddings/huggingface.py b/langchain/embeddings/huggingface.py
index 2d87ae0d50278..04e0c76e6fa61 100644
--- a/langchain/embeddings/huggingface.py
+++ b/langchain/embeddings/huggingface.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
             import sentence_transformers
 
         except ImportError as exc:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import sentence_transformers python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install sentence_transformers`."
             ) from exc
diff --git a/langchain/embeddings/jina.py b/langchain/embeddings/jina.py
index b5b3d8ce389cb..d980ee3a8cec2 100644
--- a/langchain/embeddings/jina.py
+++ b/langchain/embeddings/jina.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         try:
             import jina
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import `jina` python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install jina`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/embeddings/openai.py b/langchain/embeddings/openai.py
index 9eb488522f9fd..f0e2215ec8477 100644
--- a/langchain/embeddings/openai.py
+++ b/langchain/embeddings/openai.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
                 openai.api_type = openai_api_type
             values["client"] = openai.Embedding
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import openai python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install openai`."
             )
@@ -192,66 +192,63 @@ def _get_len_safe_embeddings(
         embeddings: List[List[float]] = [[] for _ in range(len(texts))]
         try:
             import tiktoken
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import tiktoken python package. "
+                "This is needed in order to for OpenAIEmbeddings. "
+                "Please install it with `pip install tiktoken`."
+            )
 
-            tokens = []
-            indices = []
-            encoding = tiktoken.model.encoding_for_model(self.model)
-            for i, text in enumerate(texts):
-                if self.model.endswith("001"):
-                    # See: https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/418#issuecomment-1525939500
-                    # replace newlines, which can negatively affect performance.
-                    text = text.replace("\n", " ")
-                token = encoding.encode(
-                    text,
-                    allowed_special=self.allowed_special,
-                    disallowed_special=self.disallowed_special,
-                )
-                for j in range(0, len(token), self.embedding_ctx_length):
-                    tokens += [token[j : j + self.embedding_ctx_length]]
-                    indices += [i]
-
-            batched_embeddings = []
-            _chunk_size = chunk_size or self.chunk_size
-            for i in range(0, len(tokens), _chunk_size):
-                response = embed_with_retry(
+        tokens = []
+        indices = []
+        encoding = tiktoken.model.encoding_for_model(self.model)
+        for i, text in enumerate(texts):
+            if self.model.endswith("001"):
+                # See: https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/418#issuecomment-1525939500
+                # replace newlines, which can negatively affect performance.
+                text = text.replace("\n", " ")
+            token = encoding.encode(
+                text,
+                allowed_special=self.allowed_special,
+                disallowed_special=self.disallowed_special,
+            )
+            for j in range(0, len(token), self.embedding_ctx_length):
+                tokens += [token[j : j + self.embedding_ctx_length]]
+                indices += [i]
+
+        batched_embeddings = []
+        _chunk_size = chunk_size or self.chunk_size
+        for i in range(0, len(tokens), _chunk_size):
+            response = embed_with_retry(
+                self,
+                input=tokens[i : i + _chunk_size],
+                engine=self.deployment,
+                request_timeout=self.request_timeout,
+                headers=self.headers,
+            )
+            batched_embeddings += [r["embedding"] for r in response["data"]]
+
+        results: List[List[List[float]]] = [[] for _ in range(len(texts))]
+        num_tokens_in_batch: List[List[int]] = [[] for _ in range(len(texts))]
+        for i in range(len(indices)):
+            results[indices[i]].append(batched_embeddings[i])
+            num_tokens_in_batch[indices[i]].append(len(tokens[i]))
+
+        for i in range(len(texts)):
+            _result = results[i]
+            if len(_result) == 0:
+                average = embed_with_retry(
                     self,
-                    input=tokens[i : i + _chunk_size],
+                    input="",
                     engine=self.deployment,
                     request_timeout=self.request_timeout,
                     headers=self.headers,
-                )
-                batched_embeddings += [r["embedding"] for r in response["data"]]
-
-            results: List[List[List[float]]] = [[] for _ in range(len(texts))]
-            num_tokens_in_batch: List[List[int]] = [[] for _ in range(len(texts))]
-            for i in range(len(indices)):
-                results[indices[i]].append(batched_embeddings[i])
-                num_tokens_in_batch[indices[i]].append(len(tokens[i]))
-
-            for i in range(len(texts)):
-                _result = results[i]
-                if len(_result) == 0:
-                    average = embed_with_retry(
-                        self,
-                        input="",
-                        engine=self.deployment,
-                        request_timeout=self.request_timeout,
-                        headers=self.headers,
-                    )["data"][0]["embedding"]
-                else:
-                    average = np.average(
-                        _result, axis=0, weights=num_tokens_in_batch[i]
-                    )
-                embeddings[i] = (average / np.linalg.norm(average)).tolist()
-
-            return embeddings
+                )["data"][0]["embedding"]
+            else:
+                average = np.average(_result, axis=0, weights=num_tokens_in_batch[i])
+            embeddings[i] = (average / np.linalg.norm(average)).tolist()
 
-        except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Could not import tiktoken python package. "
-                "This is needed in order to for OpenAIEmbeddings. "
-                "Please install it with `pip install tiktoken`."
-            )
+        return embeddings
 
     def _embedding_func(self, text: str, *, engine: str) -> List[float]:
         """Call out to OpenAI's embedding endpoint."""
diff --git a/langchain/embeddings/tensorflow_hub.py b/langchain/embeddings/tensorflow_hub.py
index 0dc439233ad22..1e699ecbd31c7 100644
--- a/langchain/embeddings/tensorflow_hub.py
+++ b/langchain/embeddings/tensorflow_hub.py
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         try:
             import tensorflow_hub
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import tensorflow-hub python package. "
+                "Please install it with `pip install tensorflow-hub``."
+            )
+        try:
             import tensorflow_text  # noqa
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import tensorflow_text python package. "
+                "Please install it with `pip install tensorflow_text``."
+            )
 
-            self.embed = tensorflow_hub.load(self.model_url)
-        except ImportError as e:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Could not import some python packages." "Please install them."
-            ) from e
+        self.embed = tensorflow_hub.load(self.model_url)
 
     class Config:
         """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
diff --git a/langchain/graphs/networkx_graph.py b/langchain/graphs/networkx_graph.py
index 813eb3f220ded..753db5fc5d810 100644
--- a/langchain/graphs/networkx_graph.py
+++ b/langchain/graphs/networkx_graph.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self, graph: Optional[Any] = None) -> None:
         try:
             import networkx as nx
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import networkx python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install networkx`."
             )
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def from_gml(cls, gml_path: str) -> NetworkxEntityGraph:
         try:
             import networkx as nx
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import networkx python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install networkx`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/aleph_alpha.py b/langchain/llms/aleph_alpha.py
index bcdbebf8ad754..384fd2650637f 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/aleph_alpha.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/aleph_alpha.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             values["client"] = aleph_alpha_client.Client(token=aleph_alpha_api_key)
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import aleph_alpha_client python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install aleph_alpha_client`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/anthropic.py b/langchain/llms/anthropic.py
index 5c2349f406631..a6cf9ce932aa9 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/anthropic.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/anthropic.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
             values["AI_PROMPT"] = anthropic.AI_PROMPT
             values["count_tokens"] = anthropic.count_tokens
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import anthropic python package. "
                 "Please it install it with `pip install anthropic`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/bananadev.py b/langchain/llms/bananadev.py
index 8d95c1edd28a7..353c9dca9fdd1 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/bananadev.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/bananadev.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def _call(
         try:
             import banana_dev as banana
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import banana-dev python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install banana-dev`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/cohere.py b/langchain/llms/cohere.py
index 2eff193b78083..6da6cf9e3a0b5 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/cohere.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/cohere.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             values["client"] = cohere.Client(cohere_api_key)
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import cohere python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install cohere`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/google_palm.py b/langchain/llms/google_palm.py
index ee709cbab8288..530cc2e9fdc67 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/google_palm.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/google_palm.py
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ def _create_retry_decorator() -> Callable[[Any], Any]:
     try:
         import google.api_core.exceptions
     except ImportError:
-        raise ImportError()
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Could not import google-api-core python package. "
+            "Please install it with `pip install google-api-core`."
+        )
 
     multiplier = 2
     min_seconds = 1
@@ -105,7 +108,10 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             genai.configure(api_key=google_api_key)
         except ImportError:
-            raise ImportError("Could not import google.generativeai python package.")
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import google-generativeai python package. "
+                "Please install it with `pip install google-generativeai`."
+            )
 
         values["client"] = genai
 
diff --git a/langchain/llms/gooseai.py b/langchain/llms/gooseai.py
index 571feb2b37c1a..e1a3f8db22635 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/gooseai.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/gooseai.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
             openai.api_base = "https://api.goose.ai/v1"
             values["client"] = openai.Completion
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import openai python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install openai`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/huggingface_text_gen_inference.py b/langchain/llms/huggingface_text_gen_inference.py
index 987db8421ba73..d121b3b9de765 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/huggingface_text_gen_inference.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/huggingface_text_gen_inference.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
                 values["inference_server_url"], timeout=values["timeout"]
             )
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import text_generation python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install text_generation`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/nlpcloud.py b/langchain/llms/nlpcloud.py
index 72f6b38e4c4d1..d901e6b76d85d 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/nlpcloud.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/nlpcloud.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
                 values["model_name"], nlpcloud_api_key, gpu=True, lang="en"
             )
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import nlpcloud python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install nlpcloud`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/openai.py b/langchain/llms/openai.py
index c48837cc0312e..d9dca1bb95442 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/openai.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/openai.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
                 openai.organization = openai_organization
             values["client"] = openai.Completion
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import openai python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install openai`."
             )
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ def get_token_ids(self, text: str) -> List[int]:
         try:
             import tiktoken
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import tiktoken python package. "
                 "This is needed in order to calculate get_num_tokens. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install tiktoken`."
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
             if openai_organization:
                 openai.organization = openai_organization
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import openai python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install openai`."
             )
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ def get_token_ids(self, text: str) -> List[int]:
         try:
             import tiktoken
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import tiktoken python package. "
                 "This is needed in order to calculate get_num_tokens. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install tiktoken`."
diff --git a/langchain/llms/predictionguard.py b/langchain/llms/predictionguard.py
index 4309cae556320..228f81fffeffe 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/predictionguard.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/predictionguard.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             values["client"] = pg.Client(token=token)
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import predictionguard python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install predictionguard`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/replicate.py b/langchain/llms/replicate.py
index b1dfaf4758891..117d8dde463b5 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/replicate.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/replicate.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def _call(
         try:
             import replicate as replicate_python
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import replicate python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install replicate`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/rwkv.py b/langchain/llms/rwkv.py
index 0e873d48cbef9..b2643d905835c 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/rwkv.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/rwkv.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         try:
             import tokenizers
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import tokenizers python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install tokenizers`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/sagemaker_endpoint.py b/langchain/llms/sagemaker_endpoint.py
index 80cb663f2852a..f793aae141ec4 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/sagemaker_endpoint.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/sagemaker_endpoint.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
                 ) from e
 
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import boto3 python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install boto3`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/llms/self_hosted.py b/langchain/llms/self_hosted.py
index e7e51725f5ebc..7d36643b982dd 100644
--- a/langchain/llms/self_hosted.py
+++ b/langchain/llms/self_hosted.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
             import runhouse as rh
 
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import runhouse python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install runhouse`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/firestore.py b/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/firestore.py
index 15bbe253babe8..dbbf3ff1123e0 100644
--- a/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/firestore.py
+++ b/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/firestore.py
@@ -52,13 +52,11 @@ def prepare_firestore(self) -> None:
         try:
             import firebase_admin
             from firebase_admin import firestore
-        except ImportError as e:
-            logger.error(
-                "Failed to import Firebase and Firestore: %s. "
-                "Make sure to install the 'firebase-admin' module.",
-                e,
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import firebase-admin python package. "
+                "Please install it with `pip install firebase-admin`."
             )
-            raise e
 
         # For multiple instances, only initialize the app once.
         try:
diff --git a/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/redis.py b/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/redis.py
index dad0c30363396..d9c7a9a3c8443 100644
--- a/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/redis.py
+++ b/langchain/memory/chat_message_histories/redis.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import redis
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import redis python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install redis`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/memory/entity.py b/langchain/memory/entity.py
index 70da11af80d52..381b2b188e246 100644
--- a/langchain/memory/entity.py
+++ b/langchain/memory/entity.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import redis
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import redis python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install redis`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/retrievers/document_compressors/cohere_rerank.py b/langchain/retrievers/document_compressors/cohere_rerank.py
index 41513c656c2a9..7774c3397113c 100644
--- a/langchain/retrievers/document_compressors/cohere_rerank.py
+++ b/langchain/retrievers/document_compressors/cohere_rerank.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             values["client"] = cohere.Client(cohere_api_key)
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import cohere python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install cohere`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/retrievers/weaviate_hybrid_search.py b/langchain/retrievers/weaviate_hybrid_search.py
index 2f743ced101e1..1393a9098a181 100644
--- a/langchain/retrievers/weaviate_hybrid_search.py
+++ b/langchain/retrievers/weaviate_hybrid_search.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import weaviate
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import weaviate python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install weaviate-client`."
             )
diff --git a/langchain/text_splitter.py b/langchain/text_splitter.py
index 06e1fc2a9b148..19b86e60696d3 100644
--- a/langchain/text_splitter.py
+++ b/langchain/text_splitter.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def from_tiktoken_encoder(
         try:
             import tiktoken
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import tiktoken python package. "
                 "This is needed in order to calculate max_tokens_for_prompt. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install tiktoken`."
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def __init__(
         try:
             import tiktoken
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
+            raise ImportError(
                 "Could not import tiktoken python package. "
                 "This is needed in order to for TokenTextSplitter. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install tiktoken`."
diff --git a/langchain/utilities/awslambda.py b/langchain/utilities/awslambda.py
index 9a1beebf84b88..292277bc454e9 100644
--- a/langchain/utilities/awslambda.py
+++ b/langchain/utilities/awslambda.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
-                "boto3 is not installed." "Please install it with `pip install boto3`"
+                "boto3 is not installed. Please install it with `pip install boto3`"
             )
 
         values["lambda_client"] = boto3.client("lambda")
diff --git a/langchain/utilities/google_places_api.py b/langchain/utilities/google_places_api.py
index 585a52424a33c..5d62c93045d41 100644
--- a/langchain/utilities/google_places_api.py
+++ b/langchain/utilities/google_places_api.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
             values["google_map_client"] = googlemaps.Client(gplaces_api_key)
         except ImportError:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Could not import googlemaps python packge. "
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Could not import googlemaps python package. "
                 "Please install it with `pip install googlemaps`."
             )
         return values
diff --git a/langchain/utilities/jira.py b/langchain/utilities/jira.py
index dd94fa788c6b7..af6b38a8551b6 100644
--- a/langchain/utilities/jira.py
+++ b/langchain/utilities/jira.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def create(self, query: str) -> str:
             import json
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
-                "json is not installed. " "Please install it with `pip install json`"
+                "json is not installed. Please install it with `pip install json`"
             )
         params = json.loads(query)
         return self.jira.issue_create(fields=dict(params))
diff --git a/langchain/utilities/openweathermap.py b/langchain/utilities/openweathermap.py
index 54737bdf835e3..8d753fe1bb955 100644
--- a/langchain/utilities/openweathermap.py
+++ b/langchain/utilities/openweathermap.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
 
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
-                "pyowm is not installed. " "Please install it with `pip install pyowm`"
+                "pyowm is not installed. Please install it with `pip install pyowm`"
             )
 
         owm = pyowm.OWM(openweathermap_api_key)