1Samuel:2:27-36

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* And a man of God came to Eli , and said to him , So says Jehovah : Did I reveal Myself plainly to the house of your father when they were in Egypt , at the house of Pharaoh , * even to choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be priest to Me , to go up on My altar , to cause incense to smoke , to bear an ephod before Me ? And did I give to your father 's house all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel ? * Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I commanded in My habitation ? And why do you honor your sons above Me , to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of My people ? * So says Jehovah the God of Israel , I said indeed that your house and your father 's house should walk before Me until forever . But now Jehovah says , Be it far from Me ! For those who honor Me , I will honor ; and those despising Me will be despicable . * Behold , days come when I shall cut off your arm , and the arm of your father 's house , that no old man shall be in your house . * And you shall see an adversary in My habitation , in all that he does good with Israel . And there shall not be an old man in your house all the days . * And the man of yours that I shall not cut off from My altar shall be to cause your eyes to fail , and to grieve your soul . And all the increase of your house shall die young men . * And this shall be the sign to you , that which shall come on your two sons , on Hophni and Phinehas : in one day the both of them shall die . * And I shall raise up for Myself a faithful priest . He shall do all that is in My heart and in My soul . And I shall build for him a sure house ; and he shall walk before My anointed all the days . * And it shall be , everyone who is left in your house shall come in to bow to him for a wage of silver and a loaf of bread . And they shall say , please admit me into one of the priest 's offices , to eat a bit of bread .

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