rsv 1Samuel:2:30-36 SEEK
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Therefore the LORD the God of Israel declares : `
I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever ';
but now the LORD declares : `
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 ,
when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father '
s house ,
so that there will not be an old man in your house .
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Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity which shall be bestowed upon Israel ;
and there shall not be an old man in your house for ever .
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The man of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his eyes and grieve his heart ;
and all the increase of your house shall die by the sword of men .
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And this which shall befall your two sons ,
Hophni and Phin '
ehas ,
shall be the sign to you :
both of them shall die on the same day .
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And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest ,
who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind ;
and I will build him a sure house ,
and he shall go in and out before my anointed for ever .
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And every one who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread ,
and shall say , "
Put me ,
I pray you ,
in one of the priest '
s places ,
that I may eat a morsel of bread ."'"