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38 “For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those years I never used a single ram of yours for food.

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“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? You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve. 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.

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Your children and your crops
    will be blessed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
    will be blessed.

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26 There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.

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30 You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The Lord has blessed you through everything I’ve done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?”

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27 “Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for[a] the Lord has blessed me because of you.

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Footnotes

  1. 30:27 Or I have learned by divination that.

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