...eat thereof before I am served I II. 30. / said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy fathers should walk before me for ever : but now the LORD saith ; be it far from me. I had indeed, at the first institution of the priesthood, truly, though conditionally, decreed, that...

...—irreversibly, so that it might not be said to him by the Lord as it was to another whom we read of, " I said indeed, that thy house and the house of thy...now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." (Sam. I. ii. 30.) Hope...

...all the offering's 30 of Israel my people? Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed thai rael, * give 3 you, then shall the land b keep a...years thou snalt sow thy field, and six years thou s honour me I will honour, 31 and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Behold, the days come,...

...correction, but Eli •was too lenient and indulgent to inflict it. " He honoured his sons above God.-" " Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed...the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that hono.ur me, I will honour; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Behold the days come...

...condition of obedience: and that when this fails, they all come to an end. To use God's words to Eli, " I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy...the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed 1 ." While on the other,...

...house and the house of thy father would walk before me forever; ' but now saith Jehovah, ' Far be it from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31The days are quickly coming when I will cut off thine arm and...

...a father. Does God here bring himself, in consequence, to a level with a parent ? 1 Sam. ii. 30 : " But now the Lord saith, Be it far from me : for them that bccctir iw. I »•— honour." — Here the manifestation of honour between Goi ami awn is reciprocal...

...a father. Does God here bring himself, in consequence, to a level with a parent ? 1 Sam. ii. 30 : " But now the Lord saith, Be it far from me : for them that honour me, I will honour." — Here the manifestation of honour between God and men is reciprocal ;...

...Eli, inquiring in God's name why it was that he honored his sons above the Lord, and saying unto Eli: "The Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that...for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." What the effect of this visitation was we are not told. Probably...

...above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Is'ra-el my people ? 30 "ye have brought us forth into this 'wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with "hunger. 4 If honour me I will honour, and 'they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, the days come,...