"In that dayI will carryout againstEliallthat I have spokenconcerninghis house,from beginningto end.
"Thus allfleshwill knowthat I, the LORD,have drawnMy swordout of its sheath.It will not return[to its sheath] again."'
"But did not My wordsand My statutes,whichI commandedMy servantsthe prophets,overtakeyour fathers?Then they repentedand said,As the LORDof hostspurposedto doto us in accordance with our waysand our deeds,soHe has dealtwith us.'"'"
"Godis not a man,that He should lie,Nora sonof man,that He should repent;Has He said,and will He not doit? Or has He spoken,and will He not makeit good?
"Heavenand earthwill passaway,but My wordswill not pass away.
"It shall comeabout that justas allthe goodwordswhichthe LORDyour Godspoketo you have comeupon you, sothe LORDwill bringupon you allthe threats,untilHe has destroyedyou from offthisgoodlandwhichthe LORDyour Godhas givenyou.
The handof the sonsof Israelpressedheavierand heavierupon Jabinthe kingof Canaan,untilthey had destroyedJabinthe kingof Canaan.
And the arkof Godwas taken;and the twosonsof Eli,Hophniand Phinehas,died.
Then the one who broughtthe newsreplied,"Israelhas fledbeforethe Philistinesand there has alsobeena greatslaughteramong the people,and your twosonsalso,Hophniand Phinehas,are dead,and the arkof Godhas been taken."
And she calledthe boyIchabod,saying,"The gloryhas departedfrom Israel,"becausethe arkof Godwas takenand becauseof her father-in-lawand her husband.
She said,"The gloryhas departedfrom Israel,for the arkof Godwas taken."
