1 Samuel 2:29-31
Read 1 Samuel 2 in full →29‘Why do you akick at My sacrifice and at My offering bwhich I have commanded in My chabitation, and dhonor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the 1choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’ 30“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, ‘aI did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for bthose who honor Me I will honor, and those cwho despise Me will be cursed. 31‘Behold, athe days are coming, and I will break your 1strength and the 2strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.