1Sa 2:29-31 | NASB | e4.org | ‘ 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 ?’

‏ 1 Samuel 2:29-31

29 ‘Why do you ^akick at My sacrifice and at My offering ^bwhich I have commanded in My ^cdwelling, and ^dhonor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the ^{▼▼ Or first}choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’ 30 “Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘ ^fI 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 ^gthose who honor Me I will honor, and those ^hwho despise Me will be lightly esteemed. 31 ‘Behold, ⁱthe days are coming when I will break your ^{▼▼ Or arm}strength and the ^{▼▼ Or arm}strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.