31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
31 The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,
31 Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
31 "Be well warned: It won't be long before I wipe out both your family and your future family. No one in your family will make it to old age!
31 Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:31
Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:27-36
(Read 1 Samuel 2:27-36)
Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never fall to the ground for want of hands to carry it on. Christ is that merciful and faithful High Priest, whom God raised up when the Levitical priesthood was thrown off, who in all things did his Father's mind, and for whom God will build a sure house, build it on a rock, so that hell cannot prevail against it.