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'Did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burnincense, to carry an ephodbefore Me; and did I not give to the house of your fatherall the fire offerings of the sons of Israel?
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'Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offeringwhich I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sonsabove Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of everyoffering of My peopleIsrael?'
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"Therefore the LORDGod of Israeldeclares, 'I did indeedsay that your house and the house of your father should walkbefore Me forever* '; but now the LORDdeclares, 'Far be it from Me-for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightlyesteemed.
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'Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father'shouseso that there will not be an oldman in your house.
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'Yet I will not cutoffeveryman of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soulgrieve, and all the increase of your house will die in the prime of life.
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'But I will raise up for Myself a faithfulpriest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduringhouse, and he will walkbefore My anointedalways*.
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'Everyone who is left in your house will come and bowdown to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Pleaseassign me to one of the priest'soffices so that I may eat a piece of bread.""'