1 Samuel 2:32

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.

And thou shalt see {H5027} an enemy {H6862} in my habitation {H4583}, in all the wealth which God shall give {H3190} Israel {H3478}: and there shall not be an old man {H2205} in thine house {H1004} for ever {H3117}.

At a time when Isra'el is prospering, you will see a rival in my Dwelling; and never will anyone in your family live to old age.

You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

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.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Zechariah 8:4 (5 votes)

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

  • Psalms 78:59 (3 votes)

    When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

  • Psalms 78:64 (3 votes)

    Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

  • 1 Samuel 4:11 (3 votes)

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

  • 1 Samuel 4:4 (2 votes)

    So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth [between] the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, [were] there with the ark of the covenant of God.

  • 1 Samuel 4:22 (2 votes)

    And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

  • 1 Kings 2:26 (2 votes)

    ¶ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou [art] worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.