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1 Samuel 2:30-32
Lexham English Bible

30 Therefore,’ declares[a] Yahweh the God of Israel, ‘though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor[b] would walk before me forever, but now,’ declares[c] Yahweh, ‘far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt! 31 Look, days are coming when I will cut off your strength[d] and the strength[e] of the house of your ancestor[f] so that no one in your house will live to old age.[g] 32 You will look at the distress of my dwelling place, despite all the good caused for Israel, but there will never be an old man in your household forever![h]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:30 Literally “the declaration of”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:30 Or “father”
  3. 1 Samuel 2:30 Literally “the declaration of”
  4. 1 Samuel 2:31 Literally “arm,” figurative of “strength” in the context of “descendants”
  5. 1 Samuel 2:31 Literally “arm,” figurative of “strength” in the context of “descendants”
  6. 1 Samuel 2:31 Or “father”
  7. 1 Samuel 2:31 Literally “from being old in your house”
  8. 1 Samuel 2:32 Literally “all the days”
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