³⁰ Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘^(A)I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father was to walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for ^(B)those who honor Me I will honor, and those ^(C)who despise Me will be insignificant.

¹³ But Samuel said to Saul, “^(A)You have acted foolishly! ^(B)You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for the Lord would now have established your kingdom ^[a]over Israel ^(C)forever.