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1. Then Hannah prayed: "My heart rejoices in the LORD! The LORD has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me.
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1. And Hannah H2584 prayed H6419 , and said H559 , My heart H3820 rejoiceth H5970 in the LORD H3068 , mine horn H7161 is exalted H7311 in the LORD H3068 : my mouth H6310 is enlarged H7337 over H5921 mine enemies H341 ; because H3588 I rejoice H8055 in thy salvation H3444 .
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2. No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
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2. There is none H369 holy H6918 as the LORD H3068 : for H3588 there is none H369 beside H1115 thee: neither H369 is there any rock H6697 like our God H430 .
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3. "Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don't speak with such arrogance! For the LORD is a God who knows what you have done; he will judge your actions.
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3. Talk H1696 no H408 more H7235 so exceeding proudly H1364 H1364 ; let not arrogance H6277 come out H3318 of your mouth H4480 H6310 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 is a God H410 of knowledge H1844 , and by him actions H5949 are weighed H8505 .
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4. The bow of the mighty is now broken, and those who stumbled are now strong.
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4. The bows H7198 of the mighty men H1368 are broken H2844 , and they that stumbled H3782 are girded H247 with strength H2428 .
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5. Those who were well fed are now starving, and those who were starving are now full. The childless woman now has seven children, and the woman with many children wastes away.
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5. They that were full H7649 have hired out themselves H7936 for bread H3899 ; and they that were hungry H7457 ceased H2308 : so that H5704 the barren H6135 hath born H3205 seven H7651 ; and she that hath many H7227 children H1121 is waxed feeble H535 .
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6. The LORD gives both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.
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6. The LORD H3068 killeth H4191 , and maketh alive H2421 : he bringeth down H3381 to the grave H7585 , and bringeth up H5927 .
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7. The LORD makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.
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7. The LORD H3068 maketh poor H3423 , and maketh rich H6238 : he bringeth low H8213 , and H637 lifteth up H7311 .
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8. He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, placing them in seats of honor. For all the earth is the LORD's, and he has set the world in order.
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8. He raiseth up H6965 the poor H1800 out of the dust H4480 H6083 , and lifteth up H7311 the beggar H34 from the dunghill H4480 H830 , to set H3427 them among H5973 princes H5081 , and to make them inherit H5157 the throne H3678 of glory H3519 : for H3588 the pillars H4690 of the earth H776 are the LORD H3068 's , and he hath set H7896 the world H8398 upon H5921 them.
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9. "He will protect his faithful ones, but the wicked will disappear in darkness. No one will succeed by strength alone.
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9. He will keep H8104 the feet H7272 of his saints H2623 , and the wicked H7563 shall be silent H1826 in darkness H2822 ; for H3588 by strength H3581 shall no H3808 man H376 prevail H1396 .
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10. Those who fight against the LORD will be shattered. He thunders against them from heaven; the LORD judges throughout the earth. He gives power to his king; he increases the strength of his anointed one."
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10. The adversaries H7378 of the LORD H3068 shall be broken to pieces H2865 ; out of heaven H8064 shall he thunder H7481 upon H5921 them : the LORD H3068 shall judge H1777 the ends H657 of the earth H776 ; and he shall give H5414 strength H5797 unto his king H4428 , and exalt H7311 the horn H7161 of his anointed H4899 .
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11. Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the LORD by assisting Eli the priest.
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11. And Elkanah H511 went H1980 to Ramah H7414 to H5921 his house H1004 . And the child H5288 did H1961 minister H8334 unto H853 the LORD H3068 H853 before H6440 Eli H5941 the priest H3548 .
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12. Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD
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12. Now the sons H1121 of Eli H5941 were sons H1121 of Belial H1100 ; they knew H3045 not H3808 H853 the LORD H3068 .
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13. or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli's sons would send over a servant with a three-pronged fork. While the meat of the sacrificed animal was still boiling,
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13. And the priests H3548 ' custom H4941 with H854 the people H5971 was, that , when any H3605 man H376 offered H2076 sacrifice H2077 , the priest H3548 's servant H5288 came H935 , while the flesh H1320 was in seething H1310 , with a fleshhook H4207 of three H7969 teeth H8127 in his hand H3027 ;
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14. the servant would stick the fork into the pot and demand that whatever it brought up be given to Eli's sons. All the Israelites who came to worship at Shiloh were treated this way.
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14. And he struck H5221 it into the pan H3595 , or H176 kettle H1731 , or H176 caldron H7037 , or H176 pot H6517 ; all H3605 that H834 the fleshhook H4207 brought up H5927 the priest H3548 took H3947 for himself. So H3602 they did H6213 in Shiloh H7887 unto all H3605 the Israelites H3478 that came H935 thither H8033 .
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15. Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.
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15. Also H1571 before H2962 they burnt H6999 H853 the fat H2459 , the priest H3548 's servant H5288 came H935 , and said H559 to the man H376 that sacrificed H2076 , Give H5414 flesh H1320 to roast H6740 for the priest H3548 ; for he will not H3808 have H3947 sodden flesh H1320 H1310 of H4480 thee, but H3588 H518 raw H2416 .
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16. The man offering the sacrifice might reply, "Take as much as you want, but the fat must be burned first." Then the servant would demand, "No, give it to me now, or I'll take it by force."
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16. And if any man H376 said H559 unto H413 him , Let them not fail to burn H6999 H6999 the fat H2459 presently H3117 , and then take H3947 as much as H834 thy soul H5315 desireth H183 ; then he would answer H559 him, Nay ; but H3588 thou shalt give H5414 it me now H6258 : and if H518 not H3808 , I will take H3947 it by force H2394 .
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17. So the sin of these young men was very serious in the LORD's sight, for they treated the LORD's offerings with contempt.
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17. Wherefore the sin H2403 of the young men H5288 was H1961 very H3966 great H1419 H853 before H6440 the LORD H3068 : for H3588 men H376 abhorred H5006 H853 the offering H4503 of the LORD H3068 .
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18. But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the LORD. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.
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18. But Samuel H8050 ministered H8334 H853 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , being a child H5288 , girded H2296 with a linen H906 ephod H646 .
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19. Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.
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19. Moreover his mother H517 made H6213 him a little H6996 coat H4598 , and brought H5927 it to him from year to year H4480 H3117 H3117 , when she came up H5927 with H854 her husband H376 to offer H2076 H853 the yearly H3117 sacrifice H2077 .
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20. Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the LORD. "
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20. And Eli H5941 blessed H1288 H853 Elkanah H511 and his wife H802 , and said H559 , The LORD H3068 give H7760 thee seed H2233 of H4480 this H2063 woman H802 for H8478 the loan H7596 which H834 is lent H7592 to the LORD H3068 . And they went H1980 unto their own home H4725 .
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21. And the LORD gave Hannah three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
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21. And H3588 the LORD H3068 visited H6485 H853 Hannah H2584 , so that she conceived H2029 , and bore H3205 three H7969 sons H1121 and two H8147 daughters H1323 . And the child H5288 Samuel H8050 grew H1431 before H5973 the LORD H3068 .
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22. Now Eli was very old, but he was aware of what his sons were doing to the people of Israel. He knew, for instance, that his sons were seducing the young women who assisted at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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22. Now Eli H5941 was very H3966 old H2204 , and heard H8085 H853 all H3605 that H834 his sons H1121 did H6213 unto all H3605 Israel H3478 ; and how H834 they lay H7901 with H854 the women H802 that assembled H6633 at the door H6607 of the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 .
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23. Eli said to them, "I have been hearing reports from all the people about the wicked things you are doing. Why do you keep sinning?
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23. And he said H559 unto them, Why H4100 do H6213 ye such H428 things H1697 ? for H834 I H595 hear H8085 of H853 your evil H7451 dealings H1697 by H4480 H854 all H3605 this H428 people H5971 .
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24. You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the LORD's people are not good.
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24. Nay H408 , my sons H1121 ; for H3588 it is no H3808 good H2896 report H8052 that H834 I H595 hear H8085 : ye make the LORD H3068 's people H5971 to transgress H5674 .
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25. If someone sins against another person, God can mediate for the guilty party. But if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede?" But Eli's sons wouldn't listen to their father, for the LORD was already planning to put them to death.
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25. If H518 one man H376 sin H2398 against another H376 , the judge H430 shall judge H6419 him : but if H518 a man H376 sin H2398 against the LORD H3068 , who H4310 shall entreat H6419 for him? Notwithstanding H3808 they hearkened H8085 not unto the voice H6963 of their father H1 , because H3588 the LORD H3068 would H2654 slay H4191 them.
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26. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew taller and grew in favor with the LORD and with the people.
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26. And the child H5288 Samuel H8050 grew H1980 on H1432 , and was in favor H2896 both H1571 with H5973 the LORD H3068 , and also H1571 with H5973 men H376 .
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27. One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the LORD: "I revealed myself to your ancestors when the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt.
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27. And there came H935 a man H376 of God H430 unto H413 Eli H5941 , and said H559 unto H413 him, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Did I plainly appear H1540 H1540 unto H413 the house H1004 of thy father H1 , when they were H1961 in Egypt H4714 in Pharaoh H6547 's house H1004 ?
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28. I chose your ancestor Aaron from among all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly vest as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests.
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28. And did I choose H977 him out of all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to be my priest H3548 , to offer H5927 upon H5921 mine altar H4196 , to burn H6999 incense H7004 , to wear H5375 an ephod H646 before H6440 me? and did I give H5414 unto the house H1004 of thy father H1 H853 all H3605 the offerings made by fire H801 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 ?
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29. So why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me-- for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel!
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29. Wherefore H4100 kick H1163 ye at my sacrifice H2077 and at mine offering H4503 , which H834 I have commanded H6680 in my habitation H4583 ; and honorest H3513 H853 thy sons H1121 above H4480 me , to make yourselves fat H1254 with the chiefest H4480 H7225 of all H3605 the offerings H4503 of Israel H3478 my people H5971 ?
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30. "Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor those who honor me, and I will despise those who think lightly of me.
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30. Wherefore H3651 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 saith H5002 , I said H559 indeed H559 that thy house H1004 , and the house H1004 of thy father H1 , should walk H1980 before H6440 me forever H5704 H5769 : but now H6258 the LORD H3068 saith H5002 , Be it far H2486 from me; for H3588 them that honor H3513 me I will honor H3513 , and they that despise H959 me shall be lightly esteemed H7043 .
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31. The time is coming when I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests. All the members of your family will die before their time. None will reach old age.
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31. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , that I will cut off H1438 H853 thine arm H2220 , and the arm H2220 of thy father H1 's house H1004 , that there shall not be H4480 H1961 an old man H2205 in thine house H1004 .
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32. You will watch with envy as I pour out prosperity on the people of Israel. But no members of your family will ever live out their days.
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32. And thou shalt see H5027 an enemy H6862 in my habitation H4583 , in all H3605 the wealth which H834 God shall give H3190 H853 Israel H3478 : and there shall not H3808 be H1961 an old man H2205 in thine house H1004 forever H3605 H3117 .
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33. Those who survive will live in sadness and grief, and their children will die a violent death.
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33. And the man H376 of thine, whom I shall not H3808 cut off H3772 from H4480 H5973 mine altar H4196 , shall be to consume H3615 H853 thine eyes H5869 , and to grieve H109 H853 thine heart H5315 : and all H3605 the increase H4768 of thine house H1004 shall die H4191 in the flower of their age H376 .
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34. And to prove that what I have said will come true, I will cause your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, to die on the same day!
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34. And this H2088 shall be a sign H226 unto thee, that H834 shall come H935 upon H413 thy two H8147 sons H1121 , on H413 Hophni H2652 and Phinehas H6372 ; in one H259 day H3117 they shall die H4191 both H8147 of them.
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35. "Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I desire. I will establish his family, and they will be priests to my anointed kings forever.
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35. And I will raise me up H6965 a faithful H539 priest H3548 , that shall do H6213 according to that which H834 is in mine heart H3824 and in my mind H5315 : and I will build H1129 him a sure H539 house H1004 ; and he shall walk H1980 before H6440 mine anointed H4899 forever H3605 H3117 .
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36. Then all of your surviving family will bow before him, begging for money and food. 'Please,' they will say, 'give us jobs among the priests so we will have enough to eat.'"
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36. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that every one H3605 that is left H3498 in thine house H1004 shall come H935 and crouch H7812 to him for a piece H95 of silver H3701 and a morsel H3603 of bread H3899 , and shall say H559 , Put H5596 me , I pray thee H4994 , into H413 one H259 of the priests' offices H3550 , that I may eat H398 a piece H6595 of bread H3899 .
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