Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 2:23

23 Tā jiù duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen wèihé xíng zhèyàng de shì ne . wǒ cóng zhè zhòng bǎixìng tīngjian nǐmen de è xíng .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 2:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:23

And he said unto them, why do ye such things?
&c.] As to impose upon the people that bring their offerings, by taking more than is due, and in a very indecent and imperious manner; and especially to defile the women when they came to worship: these were very scandalous sins, and deserved a more severe reprimand, and indeed a greater chastisement than by mere words; Eli should have rebuked them more sharply, and laid open the evil of their doings, and as a judge punished them for them:

for I hear of your evil doings by all this people;
the inhabitants of Shiloh, or who came thither to worship, who were continually making their complaints to Eli; which still shows his backwardness to reprove them in the manner he did until he was obliged to it by the continual remonstrances of the people against the practices of his sons; he did not attend to the information he had from a few persons, until it became general.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 2:23 In-Context

21 Yēhéhuá juàngù hā ná , tā jiù huáiyùn shēng le sān gè érzi , liǎng gè nǚér . nà háizi Sǎmǔĕr zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián jiànjiàn zhǎngdà .

22 Yǐlì nián shén lǎomaì , tīngjian tā liǎng gè érzi dāi Yǐsèliè zhòngrén de shì , yòu tīngjian tāmen yǔ huì mù mén qián cìhou de fùrén gǒuhé ,

23 Tā jiù duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen wèihé xíng zhèyàng de shì ne . wǒ cóng zhè zhòng bǎixìng tīngjian nǐmen de è xíng .

24 Wǒ ér a , bùkĕ zhèyàng . wǒ tīngjian nǐmen de fēngshēng bù hǎo , nǐmen shǐ Yēhéhuá de bǎixìng fàn le zuì .

25 Rén ruò dé zuì rén , yǒu shì shī shĕnpàn tā . rén ruò dé zuì Yēhéhuá , shuí néng wèi tā qíqiú ne . ránér tāmen háishì bù tīng fùqin de huà , yīnwei Yēhéhuá xiǎng yào shā tāmen .