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Then Elkanah went to his home at ^(C1)Ramah. ^(C2)But the boy continued to attend to the service of the LORD before Eli the priest.

Now Eli was very old; and he heard about ^(C1)everything that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they slept with ^(C2)the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

'Why are you ^(F1)(C1)showing contempt for My sacrifice and My offering ^(C2)which I have commanded for My ^(C3)dwelling, and why are you ^(C4)honoring your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the ^(F2)choicest of every offering of My people Israel?'

"Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, '^(C1)I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father was to walk before Me forever'; but now the LORD declares, 'Far be it from Me—for ^(C2)those who honor Me I will honor, and those ^(C3)who despise Me will be insignificant.