1Sa 2:27-36 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “ This is what the Lord says : ‘ Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house ?

1 Samuel 2:27-36

27 Then ^aa man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘ ^bDid I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house? 28 ^cDid I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me? And did I not ^dgive to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel? 29 Why are you ^{▼▼Lit giving a kick to
,} ^fshowing contempt for My sacrifice and My offering ^gwhich I have commanded for My ^hdwelling, and why are you ⁱhonoring your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the ^{▼▼Or first}choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’ 30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘ ^kI did indeed say that your house and the house of your father was to walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me--for ^lthose who honor Me I will honor, and those ^mwho despise Me will be insignificant. 31 Behold, ⁿthe days are coming when I will eliminate your ^{▼▼Lit arm}strength and the ^{▼▼Lit arm}strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 And you will look at ^qthe distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that ^{▼▼Lit He does}I do for Israel; and there will never be an ^sold man in your house. 33 Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar, ^{▼▼Lit to make your eyes fail and to grieve your soul}so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the ^{▼▼I.e., new children}increase of your house will die ^{▼▼Lit as men}in the prime of life. 34 And this will be ^wthe sign to you which will come in regard to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: ^xon the same day both of them will die. 35 But ^yI will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and My soul; and ^zI will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before ^aaMy anointed always. 36 And everyone who is left in your house will come to bow down to him for a ^{▼▼Or payment}silver coin or a loaf of bread and say, “Please ^{▼▼Lit attach}assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”