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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![a] 33 The only one I will not cut off from my altar is you.[b] Rather, to cause your eyes to fail and to cause your soul to grieve, all the members of your household[c] will die as men.[d] 34 This is the sign for you that will come regarding your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: they will both die on the same day!

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:32 Literally “all the days”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:33 Understanding the beth preposition as a beth essentiae
  3. 1 Samuel 2:33 Literally “all the abundance of your house”
  4. 1 Samuel 2:33 Or “in their prime”; some Greek and other manuscripts supply “sword” (“will die by the sword of men”)