His priestsfellby the sword,And His widowscould not weep.
"His survivorswill be buriedbecause of the plague,And their widowswill not be able to weep.
Your turbanswill be on your headsand your shoeson your feet.You will not mournand you will not weep,but you will rotawayin your iniquitiesand you will groanto oneanother.
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."
