30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘(A)I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father was to walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for (B)those who honor Me I will honor, and those (C)who despise Me will be insignificant. 31 Behold, (D)the days are coming when I will eliminate your [a]strength and the [b]strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 And you will look at (E)the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that [c]I do for Israel; and there will never be an (F)old man in your house. 33 Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar, [d]so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the [e]increase of your house will die [f]in the prime of life. 34 And this will be (G)the sign to you which will come in regard to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: (H)on the same day both of them will die.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:31 Lit arm
  2. 1 Samuel 2:31 Lit arm
  3. 1 Samuel 2:32 Lit He does
  4. 1 Samuel 2:33 Lit to make your eyes fail and to grieve your soul
  5. 1 Samuel 2:33 I.e., new children
  6. 1 Samuel 2:33 Lit as men

30 This is what the Lord says:

‘Write this man down as (A)childless,
A man who will (B)not prosper in his days;
For no man among his (C)descendants will prosper
Sitting on the throne of David
Or ruling again in Judah.’”

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