nkjv 1Samuel:2:27-36 SEEK
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Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him , "
Thus says the LORD : "
Did I not clearly reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh '
s house ?
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Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest ,
to offer upon My altar ,
to burn incense ,
and to wear an ephod before Me ?
And did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire ?
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Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling place ,
and honor your sons more than Me ,
to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people ?'
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Therefore the LORD God of Israel says : "
I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever .'
But now the LORD says : "
Far be it from Me ;
for those who honor Me I will honor ,
and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed .
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Behold ,
the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father '
s house ,
so that there will not be an old man in your house .
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And you will see an enemy in My dwelling place ,
despite all the good which God does for Israel .
And there shall not be an old man in your house forever .
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But any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall consume your eyes and grieve your heart .
And all the descendants of your house shall die in the flower of their age .
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Now this shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two sons ,
on Hophni and Phinehas :
in one day they shall die ,
both of them .
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Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind .
I will build him a sure house ,
and he shall walk before My anointed forever .
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And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread ,
and say , "
Please ,
put me in one of the priestly positions ,
that I may eat a piece of bread .""'