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34 “ ‘Something is going to happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. When it does, it will show you that what I am saying is true. They will both die on the same day. 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what my heart and mind want him to do. I will make his family line of priests very secure. They will always serve as priests to my anointed king. 36 Everyone left in your family line will come and bow down to him. They will beg him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread. They will say, “Please give me a place to serve among the priests. Then I can have food to eat.” ’ ”

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34 “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign(A) to you—they will both die(B) on the same day.(C) 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest,(D) who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed(E) one always. 36 Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and plead,(F) “Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat.(G)”’”

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