30 "Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares , ' I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever e '; but now the Lord declares , 'Far be it from Me-for those who honor Me I will honor , and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:30
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.