32 And thou [a]shalt see thine enemy in the habitation of the Lord in all things wherewith God shall bless Israel, and there shall not be an old man in thine house forever.

33 Nevertheless, I will not destroy every one of thine from mine altar, to make thine eyes to fail, and to make thine heart sorrowful: and all the multitude of thine house shall [b]die when they be men.

34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:32 Thy posterity shall see the glory of the chief Priest translated to another, whom they shall envy, 1 Kings 2:27.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:33 Or, when they come to man’s age.

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