Instead — Симфония — New Living Translation

“Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: What sorrow awaits you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn’t shepherds feed their sheep?

Ezek 34:4

You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the injured. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with harshness and cruelty.

Ezek 44:8

Instead of safeguarding my sacred rituals, you have hired foreigners to take charge of my sanctuary.

Ezek 44:20

“They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow too long. Instead, they must trim it regularly.

Dan 1:16

So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.

Dan 4:16

For seven periods of time, let him have the mind of a wild animal instead of the mind of a human.

Dan 11:38

Instead of these, he will worship the god of fortresses — a god his ancestors never knew — and lavish on him gold, silver, precious stones, and expensive gifts.

Hos 2:16

When that day comes,” says the LORD, “you will call me ‘my husband’ instead of ‘my master.’

Hos 7:14

They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for grain and new wine, and they turn away from me.

Hos 9:3

You may no longer stay here in the LORD’s land. Instead, you will return to Egypt, and in Assyria you will eat food that is ceremonially unclean.

Joel 2:13

Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish.

Joel 2:14

Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse. Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine to the LORD your God as before.

Amos 5:24

Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.

Jonah 1:13

Instead, the sailors rowed even harder to get the ship to the land. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn’t make it.

Mic 6:5

Don’t you remember, my people, how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead? And remember your journey from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, when I, the LORD, did everything I could to teach you about my faithfulness.”

Zech 11:16

This illustrates how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for those who are dying, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.

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