1 Samuel 2:27-36

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

283Did 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 4give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?

29Why are you 56showing contempt for My sacrifice and My offering 7which I have commanded for My 8dwelling, and why are you 9honoring your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the 10choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’

30Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘11I 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 12those who honor Me I will honor, and those 13who despise Me will be insignificant.

31Behold, 14the days are coming when I will eliminate your 15strength and the 16strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

32And you will look at 17the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that 18I do for Israel; and there will never be an 19old man in your house.

33Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar, 20so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the 21increase of your house will die 22in the prime of life.

34And this will be 23the sign to you which will come in regard to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: 24on the same day both of them will die.

35But 25I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and My soul; and 26I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before 27My anointed always.

36And everyone who is left in your house will come to bow down to him for a 28silver coin or a loaf of bread and say, “Please 29assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”