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1 Samuel 2:33 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 33
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.1 Samuel 2:33 · King James Version
1 Samuel 2:33 in context
31Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
32And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
33And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
34And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
35And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- increasemarbîytha multitudeH4768 →
- consumekâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- grieveʼâdabto languishH109 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- heartnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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Eli reproved his sons too gently, and did not threaten them as he should, and therefore God sent a prophet to him to reprove him sharply, and to threaten him, because, by his indulgence of them, he had strengthened their hands in their wickedness.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-36