²⁶ Samuel replied to Saul, “I will not return with you. Because you rejected the word of the Lord,^(A) the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

²⁰ So the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel, punished them, and handed them over to plunderers until he had banished them from his presence.^(A)

²⁹ Cut off the hair of your sacred vow^[a](A) and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights,^(B) for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under his wrath.’^(C)