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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
burn incense, to
carry an
ephod before Me; and did I not
give to the
house of your
father all the
fire offerings of the
sons of
Israel?
!eh{k.l yil lea'r.fIy yej.biv -l'Kim w{t{a r{x'b.W ? taef'l t,r{j.q ryij.q;h.l yix.B.zim -l;[ tw{l][;l ? yeVia -l'K -t,a '$yib'a tyeb.l h'n.T,a'w y'n'p.l dw{pea ? lea'r.fIy yen.B
29
'Why do you
kick at My
sacrifice and at My
offering which I have
commanded in My
dwelling, and
honor your
sons above Me, by
making yourselves
fat with the
choicest of
every offering of My
people Israel?'
yityi.Wic r,v]a yit'x.nim.b.W yix.biz.B .Wj][.bit h'M'l ? ~,k]ayir.b;h.l yiN,Mim '$y,n'B -t,a deB;k.T;w !w{['m ? yiM;[.l lea'r.fIy t;x.nim -l'K tyivaerem
30
"Therefore the
LORD God of
Israel declares, 'I did
indeed say that your
house and the
house of your
father should
walk before Me
forever * '; but
now the
LORD declares,
'Far be it from Me-for those who
honor Me I will
honor, and those who
despise Me will be
lightly esteemed.
yiT.r;m'a rw{m'a lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y -mUa.n !ek'l ? ~'lw{[ -d;[ y;n'p.l .Wk.L;h.tIy '$yib'a tyeb.W '$.tyeB ? y;d.B;k.m -yiK yiL h'lyil'x h'wh.y -mUa.n h'T;[.w ? .WL'qey y;z{b.W deB;k]a
31
'Behold, the
days are
coming when I will
break your
strength and the
strength of your
father's house so that there will not be an
old man in your
house.
;[{r.z -t,a.w '$][{r.z -t,a yiT.[;d'g.w ~yia'B ~yim'y heNih ? '$,tyeb.B !eq'z tw{y.him '$yib'a tyeB
32
'You will
see the
distress of My
dwelling, in spite of
all the
good that I
do for
Israel; and an
old man will not be in your
house forever *.
lea'r.fIy -t,a byijyey -r,v]a l{k.B !w{['m r;c 'T.j;Bih.w ? ~yim'Y;h -l'K '$.tyeb.B !eq'z h,y.hIy -a{l.w
33
'Yet I will not
cut off every man of yours from My
altar so that your
eyes will
fail from weeping and your
soul grieve, and
all the
increase of your
house will
die in the
prime of
life.
tw{L;k.l yix.B.zim ~i[em '$.l tyir.k;a -a{l vyia.w ? tyiB.r;m -l'k.w '$,v.p;n -t,a byid]a;l.w '$y,nye[ -t,a ? ~yiv'n]a .Wt.Wm'y '$.tyeB
34
'This will be the
sign to you
which will
come concerning your
two sons,
Hophni and
Phinehas: on the
same day both of them will
die.
'$y,n'b yen.v -l,a a{b'y r,v]a tw{a'h '$.L -h,z.w ? .Wt.Wm'y d'x,a ~w{y.B s'x.nyip.W yin.p'x -l,a ? ~,hyen.v
35
'But I will
raise up for Myself a
faithful priest who will
do according to
what is in My
heart and in My
soul; and I will
build him an
enduring house, and he will
walk before My
anointed always *.
yib'b.liB r,v]a;K !'m/a,n !eh{K yil yit{myiq]h;w ? !'m/a,n tIy;B w{l yityin'b.W h,f][;y yiv.p;n.b.W ? ~yim'Y;h -l'K yixyiv.m -yen.pil ].keL;h.th.w
36
'Everyone who is
left in your
house will
come and
bow down to him for a
piece of
silver or a
loaf of
bread and
say,
"Please assign me to
one of the
priest's offices so that I may
eat a
piece of
bread.""'
t{w]x;T.vih.l aw{b'y '$.tyeb.B r'tw{N;h -l'K h'y'h.w ? yinex'p.s r;m'a.w ~,x'l -r;Kik.w @,s,K t;rw{g]a;l w{l ? ~,x'l -t;P l{k/a,l tw{NUh.K;h t;x;a -l,a a'n