¹² On that day, I will bring to pass against Eli everything I said about his household—every last bit of it!^{[a] 13} I told him that I would punish his family forever because of the wrongdoing he knew about—how his sons were cursing God,^[b] but he wouldn’t stop them. ¹⁴ Because of that I swore about Eli’s household that his family’s wrongdoing will never be reconciled by sacrifice or by offering.”