1 Samuel 2
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1 Samuel 2:30-32

30“Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.

31The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,

32and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.

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