Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.”
1 Samuel 3:12 - New International Version (Anglicised) At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family – from beginning to end. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition On that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. American Standard Version (1901) In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end. Common English Bible On that day, I will bring to pass against Eli everything I said about his household—every last bit of it! Catholic Public Domain Version In that day, I will raise up against Eli all the things that I have spoken over his house. I will begin, and I will finish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In that day I will raise up against Heli all the things I have spoken concerning his house: I will begin, and I will make an end. |
Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.”
But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors? ‘Then they repented and said, “The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.” ’
God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfil?
But just as all the good things the Lord your God has promised you have come to you, so he will bring on you all the evil things he has threatened, until the Lord your God has destroyed you from this good land he has given you.
And the hand of the Israelites pressed harder and harder against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
The man who brought the news replied, ‘Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.’
She named the boy Ichabod, saying, ‘The Glory has departed from Israel’ – because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
She said, ‘The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.’