{"id":1743,"date":"2010-10-27T15:06:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T20:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2010-10-27T15:06:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T20:06:54","slug":"pesky-prophets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/pesky-prophets\/","title":{"rendered":"Pesky Prophets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0came to me:\u00a0Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them\u2014to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord\u00a0God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?\u00a0You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.\u00a0You have not strengthened the weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bound up the injured, you have not brought back the strayed, you have not sought the lost&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ezekiel 34:1-4<\/p>\n<p>Is this Law or Gospel? I think it depends on if you have food or not!<\/p>\n<p>-David Creech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word of the\u00a0Lord\u00a0came to me:\u00a0Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them\u2014to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord\u00a0God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! 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