32 You will see (A)the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that [a]I do for Israel; and an (B)old man will not be in your house forever. 33 Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar [b]so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die [c]in the prime of life. 34 This will be (C)the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: (D)on the same day both of them will die.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:32 Lit He does
  2. 1 Samuel 2:33 Lit to waste away your eyes and to grieve your soul
  3. 1 Samuel 2:33 Lit as men

32 and you will see distress(A) in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.(B) 33 Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants(C) will die in the prime of life.

34 “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign(D) to you—they will both die(E) on the same day.(F)

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