1 Samuel 2:27-36

27Then 1a manH376 of GodH430 cameH935 to EliH5941 and saidH559 to him, “ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068, ‘2Did I not indeedH1540 revealH1540 Myself to the houseH1004 of your fatherH1 when they were in EgyptH4714 in bondage to Pharaoh’sH6547 houseH1004?

283Did I not chooseH977 them from allH3605 the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to be My priestsH3548, to goH5927 up to My altarH4196, to burnH6999 incenseH7004, to carryH5375 an ephodH646 beforeH6440 Me; and did I not 4giveH5414 to the houseH1004 of your fatherH1 allH3605 the fireH801 offerings of the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478?

29WhyH4100 do you 5kickH1163 at My sacrificeH2077 and at My offeringH4503 6whichH834 I have commandedH6680 in My 7dwellingH4583, and 8honorH3513 your sonsH1121 aboveH4480 Me, by makingH1254 yourselves fatH1254 with the 9choicestH7225 of everyH3605 offeringH4503 of My peopleH5971 IsraelH3478?’

30ThereforeH3651 the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 declaresH5002, ‘10I did indeedH559 sayH559 that your houseH1004 and the houseH1004 of your fatherH1 should walkH1980 beforeH6440 Me foreverH5704H5769’; but nowH6258 the LordH3068 declaresH5002, ‘FarH2486 be it from Me--for 11those who honorH3513 Me I will honorH3513, and those 12who despiseH959 Me will be lightlyH7043 esteemedH7043.

31BeholdH2009, 13the daysH3117 are comingH935 when I will breakH1438 your 14strengthH2220 and the 15strengthH2220 of your father’sH1 houseH1004 soH4480 that there will not be an oldH2205 manH2205 in your houseH1004.

32You will seeH5027 16the distressH6862 of My dwellingH4583, in spite of allH3605 the goodH3190 that 17I doH3190 for IsraelH3478; and an 18oldH2205 manH2205 will not be in your houseH1004 foreverH3605H3117.

33Yet I will not cutH3772 offH3772 everyH376 manH376 of yours from My altarH4196 19so that your eyesH5869 will failH3615 from weeping and your soulH5315 grieveH109, and allH3605 the increaseH4768 of your houseH1004 will dieH4191 20in the primeH376 of lifeH582.

34ThisH2088 will be 21the signH226 to you whichH834 will comeH935 concerningH413 your twoH8147 sonsH1121, HophniH2652 and PhinehasH6372: 22on the sameH259 dayH3117 bothH8147 of them will dieH4191.

35But 23I will raiseH6965 up for Myself a faithfulH539 priestH3548 who will doH6213 according to whatH834 is in My heartH3824 and in My soulH5315; and 24I will buildH1129 him an enduringH539 houseH1004, and he will walkH1980 beforeH6440 25My anointedH4899 alwaysH3605H3117.

36EveryoneH3605 who is leftH3498 in your houseH1004 will comeH935 and bowH7812 downH7812 to him for a 26pieceH95 of silverH3701 or a loafH3603 of breadH3899 and sayH559, “PleaseH4994 27assignH5596 me to oneH259 of the priest’sH3550 officesH3550 so that I may eatH398 a pieceH6595 of breadH3899.”’”