1Sa 2:30, Lam 4:15-16, 5:12-16 | ESV | STEP | 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 forever , 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 .

l[See ver. 12 above]

n[See ver. 14 above]

1 Samuel 2:30

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^a‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^bbut 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.

Lamentations 4:15-16

15 “Away! ^cUnclean!” people cried at them.
“Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
people said among the nations,
“They shall stay with us no longer.”
16 ^dThe Lord himself ^{▼▼Hebrew The face of the Lord} has scattered them;
he will regard them no more;
^fno honor was shown to the priests,
^gno favor to the elders.

Lamentations 5:12-16

12 ^hPrinces are hung up by their hands;
ⁱno respect is shown to the elders.
13 Young men are compelled to ^jgrind at the mill,
and boys stagger ^kunder loads of wood.
14 ^lThe old men have left the city gate,
the young men ^mtheir music.
15 ⁿThe joy of our hearts has ceased;
^oour dancing has been turned to mourning.
16 ^pThe crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!