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Eli (to his sons): 23 Why do you do such horrible things? The people have told me about all the evil you have done. 24 No, my sons, I do not hear good words spoken about you by the people of the Eternal. 25 If one person offends another, [at least someone can plead with the True God on the sinner’s behalf].[a] But if someone offends the Eternal One, then who will plead for that person?

But Eli’s sons did not listen to his words, for the Eternal One had already decided to destroy them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:25 Hebrew manuscripts read, “God will mediate for him.”

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