And Hannahprayed, and said, My heartrejoiceth in the LORD, minehorn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlargedovermineenemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
Theythatwerefullhavehired out themselves for bread; and theythatwerehungryceased: so that the barrenhathbornseven; and she thathathmanychildren is waxedfeeble.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggarfrom the dunghill, to set themamongprinces, and to maketheminherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the worlduponthem.
The adversaries of the LORDshall be broken to pieces; out of heavenshall he thunderuponthem: the LORDshalljudge the ends of the earth; and he shallgivestrengthunto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
And the priests’customwith the people was, that, when any man offeredsacrifice, the priest’sservantcame, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of threeteeth in his hand;
And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhookbrought up the priesttook for himself. So they did in Shiloh, unto all the Israelitesthatcamethither.
Alsobeforetheyburnt the fat, the priest’sservantcame, and said to the man thatsacrificed, Giveflesh to roast for the priest; for he will not havesoddenflesh of thee, but raw.
And if any man saidunto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and thentake as much as thy souldesireth; then he wouldanswer him, Nay; but thoushaltgive it me now: and if not, I willtake it by force.
And Eli blessedElkanah and his wife, and said, The LORDgivetheeseed of thiswoman for the loanwhich is lent to the LORD. And theywentuntotheir own home.
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the womenthatassembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
If one man sin againstanother, the judgeshalljudge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shallintreat for him? Notwithstandingtheyhearkened not unto the voice of theirfather, because the LORDwouldslaythem.
And therecame a man of God unto Eli, and saidunto him, Thussaith the LORD, Did I plainlyappearunto the house of thy father, whentheywere in Egypt in Pharaoh’shouse?
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offeruponminealtar, to burnincense, to wear an ephodbefore me? and did I giveunto the house of thy father all the offeringsmade by fire of the children of Israel?
Whereforekick ye at my sacrifice and at mineoffering, which I havecommanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sonsabove me, to makeyourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Wherefore the LORD God of Israelsaith, I saidindeedthat thy house, and the house of thy father, shouldwalkbefore me for ever: but now the LORDsaith, Be it far from me; for themthathonour me I willhonour, and theythatdespise me shall be lightlyesteemed.
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off fromminealtar, shall be to consumethineeyes, and to grievethineheart: and all the increase of thinehouseshall die in the flower of their age.
And I willraise me up a faithfulpriest, thatshall do according to thatwhich is in mineheart and in my mind: and I willbuild him a surehouse; and he shallwalkbeforemineanointed for ever.
And it shallcome to pass, thatevery one that is left in thinehouseshallcome and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I praythee, into one of the priests’offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.