³⁰ “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.^(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,^(B) but those who despise^(C) me will be disdained.^{(D) 31} The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,^{(E) 32} and you will see distress^(F) in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.^{(G) 33} Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants^(H) will die in the prime of life.

³⁴ “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign^(I) to you—they will both die^(J) on the same day.^{(K) 35} I will raise up for myself a faithful priest,^(L) who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed^(M) one always. ³⁶ Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and plead,^(N) “Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat.^(O)”’”