In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
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In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
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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.
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In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 3:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 2:27-36 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house? Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’ “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed. Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house. You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever. The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age. This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die. I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever. It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.” ’ ”
- Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- Joshua 23:15 It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you,
- Zechariah 1:6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’ ”
- Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 3:12 In that day I will perform against…
1Sa 3:12 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.
Ver. 12. When I begin, I will also make an end.] Praestabo reipsa quod verbis minitor. Execution of justice is God’s work, though his strange work, {Isa 28:21} and when be once beginneth, he will go thorough stitch with it: he will neither dally nor desist till it be done.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In that day; in that time which I have…
In that day; in that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatening. So long space of repentance God allows to this wicked generation to make their peace with God, and prevent the execution, as others did in like cases.
All things which I have spoken, by that prophet, 1Sa 2:27.
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When I begin, I will also make an end; though this vengeance may and shall be delayed for a season, to manifest my patience, and incite them to repentance; yet when once I begin to inflict, I shall certainly go on with it, and not desist till I have made a full end.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain In that day I will perform against Eli all…
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house,.... Or family, that is, by the man of God, Sa1 2:27 as that he would cut off the strength of it, that there should not be an old man in it; and such as remained should be reduced to the utmost poverty and meanness; this shows that that prophecy was antecedent to this, contrary to the sense of some:
when I begin, I will also make an end; not immediately, and at once, but by degrees; he began in the death of Hophni and Phinehas, and went on in the slaughter of Abimelech, and the eighty five priests at Nob, in the times of Saul, and finished in the thrusting out of Abiathar from the priesthood, in the times of Solomon, whereby that family was brought to disgrace and poverty.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain In that day - In that time which I…
In that day - In that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatning. So long space of repentance God allows to this wicked generation. When I begin, &c. - Tho' this vengeance shall be delayed for a season, to manifest my patience, and incite them to repentance; yet when once I begin to inflict, I shall not desist 'till I have made a full end.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. I will perform - all things which…
Verse 12. I will perform - all things which I have spoken] That is, what He had declared by the prophet, whose message is related 1Sa 2:27, &c.
When I begin, I will also make an end.] I will not delay the execution of my purpose: when I begin, nothing shall deter me from bringing all my judgments to a conclusion.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 3:12. In that day I will perform against…
1Sa 3:12. In that day I will perform against Eli, &c. — In that time which I have appointed for this work, which was about twenty or thirty years after this threatening. So long space of repentance God allows to this wicked generation. When I begin, &c. — Though this vengeance shall be delayed for a season, to manifest my patience, and incite them to repentance; yet when once I begin to inflict, I shall not desist till I have made a full end; or, have fully accomplished all my threatenings, which was done in the death of Eli and his sons; and the slaughter of eighty-five priests of this family by Doeg, and the thrusting Abiathar, who escaped that slaughter, out of his office, and so depriving that family of its dignity and honour.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain When I begin ... - literally, as in the…
When I begin ... - literally, as in the margin: meaning, I will go through with the performance from first to last.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain House, by the prophet, chap. ii. 27.
House, by the prophet, chap. ii. 27.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. All… I have spoken — In the message…
12. All… I have spoken — In the message recorded 1Sa_2:27-36.
Begin… make an end — That is, commencing and finishing all. I will execute what I have spoken against Eli’s house completely — from beginning to end.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. all things which I have spoken] See ch.…
12. all things which I have spoken] See ch. 1Sa_2:27-36.
when I begin, I will also make an end] Literally, ‘beginning and ending,’ i.e. from beginning to end, fully and completely.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I will perform. Literally, "I will raise up," i.e.…
I will perform. Literally, "I will raise up," i.e. I will excite and stir up into active energy all the denunciations of the man of God, (1Sa_2:27) which hitherto have been as it were asleep and at rest. All things which. Better, quite literally, all that I have spoken. When I begin, I will also make an end. In the Hebrew two infinitives used as gerunds, "beginning and ending," i.e. from beginning to end. The Hebrew language constantly thus uses infinitives with great force; as, for instance, in Jer_7:9: "What! stealing, murdering, committing adultery," etc.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 from beginning to end
from beginning to end
This is a merism for completeness. AT: "absolutely everything" (See: Merism)
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brought a curse upon themselves
"did those things which Yahweh had said he would punish those who did them"
the sins of his house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering
This can be translated in active form. AT: "there is no sacrifice or offering that anyone can offer that will atone for the sins of his house" (See: Active or Passive)
the sins of his house
"the sins that the people in his family have committed"
translationWords
house
judge
sin
curse
oath
atonement
sacrifice
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:12 my threats: See 2:27-36.
3:12 my threats: See 2:27-36.
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