1 Samuel 2:29-31
Holman Christian Standard Bible
29 Why, then, do all of you despise My sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship?(A) You have honored your sons more than Me,(B) by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of My people Israel.’
30 “Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel:
‘Although I said
your family and your ancestral house
would walk before Me forever,(C)
the Lord now says, “No longer!”
I will honor those who honor Me,(D)
but those who despise Me will be disgraced.(E)
31 “‘Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestral family, so that none in your family will reach old age.(F)
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