Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age.
1 Samuel 2:32 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 No one in your family shall ever live to old age. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall behold the distress of My house, even in all the prosperity which God will give Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. Common English Bible You’ll see trouble in my dwelling place, though all will go well for Israel. But there will never be an old person in your family tree. Catholic Public Domain Version And you will see your rival in the temple, amid all the prosperity of Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house for all days. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt see thy rival in the temple, in all the prosperity of Israel, and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. |
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age.
The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his eyes and grieve his heart; all the members of your household shall die by the sword.
The ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”
So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.