On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.
Parallel translations
- WEB In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
- KJV In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
- NKJV In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
- NASB On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken in regard to his house, from beginning to end.
- NLT I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.
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Quick answer
God declares He will carry out fully every word of judgment He has spoken against Eli's house. God's warnings are sure and will be accomplished completely.
Overview
Yahweh confirms that the earlier prophecy against Eli's family (from the man of God in chapter 2) will be fulfilled from beginning to end. This underscores the certainty of God's word, whether in promise or in warning. The reliability of God's word assures believers that His promises of salvation in Christ are equally certain.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Sam 2:27–36Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
- Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Josh 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Zech 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
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