1 Samuel 2:27-36 ▼

27 And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Did I clearly reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?

28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel for a priest to Me, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And did I give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?

29 Why do you? kick at My sacrifice and at 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?’

30 Therefore the declaration of YHWH, God of Israel, ‘I surely said that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me even to forever. And the declaration of YHWH, Far be it from Me! For those honoring Me I will honor, and those despising Me shall be lightly esteemed.

31 Behold, the days are coming, and I will cut off your arm and the arm of the house of your father, lest there be an old man in your house.

32 And you will see an enemy in My dwelling place, in all that He does good with Israel, and there will not be an old man in your house all the days.

33 And the man I do not cut off of you from My altar I will consume your eyes and grieve your heart, and all the seed of your house will die by the sword of men.

34 And this to you is a sign that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: In one day the two of them will die.

35 And I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. And he will do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. And I will build him a steadfast house, and he will walk before the face of My anointed all the days.

36 And it will come to pass that everyone remaining in your house will come to bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and he will say: Put me, please, in one of the priestly positions, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’