You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
- KJV And 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.
- NKJV And you will see an enemy in My dwelling place, despite all the good which God does for Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
- NASB And you will look at the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and there will never be an old man in your house.
- NLT You will watch with envy as I pour out prosperity on the people of Israel. But no members of your family will ever live out their days.
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Quick answer
Eli's house would witness distress and have no aged man among them forever. The judgment would be enduring.
Overview
The prophecy foretells lasting affliction and the loss of elders in Eli's line, even amid blessing on Israel. The permanence of the sentence underscores the seriousness of despising God's holy things. Yet God's wider purpose for Israel continues, showing that His plan advances despite the failure of one priestly house.
Cross-references & the web
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- Zech 8:4This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
- 1 Sam 4:11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
- Ps 78:59–64On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- 1 Sam 4:22“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Sam 4:4So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Kgs 2:26–27Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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