27. And a man of God came unto Eli and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I not plainly appear unto the house of thy father when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?
28. And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me, and I gave unto the house of thy father all the offerings on fire of the sons of Israel.
29. Why do ye trample my sacrifices and my offerings which I have commanded to be offered in my tabernacle and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30. Therefore, the Lord God of Israel said, I had said indeed that thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever, but now the Lord said, It shall never be; for those that honor me I will honor, and those that lightly esteem me shall be vile.
31. Behold, 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 thy house.
32. And thou shalt see a competitor in my tabernacle in all the things in which I shall do good unto Israel, and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
33. I shall not totally cut off all thy men from my altar to consume thine eyes and to grieve thy soul, and all the increase of thy house shall die as young men.
34. And this shall be a sign unto thee that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall both die.
35. And I will raise me up a faithful priest that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind, and I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before my anointed {Heb. Messiah} for ever.