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On that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house (see 1Sa 2:30.), beginning and finishing it,” i.e., completely. דִּבֶּר אֶת־אֲשֶׁר הֵקִים, to set up the word spoken, i.e., to carry it out, or accomplish it. In 1Sa 3:13 this word is communicated to Samuel, so far as its essential contents are concerned. God would judge “the house of Eli for ever because of the iniquity, that he knew his sons were preparing a curse for themselves and did not prevent them.” To judge on account of a crime, is the same as to punish it. עַד־עֹולָם, i.e., without the punishment being ever stopped or removed. לָהֶם מְקַלְלִים, cursing themselves, i.e., bringing a curse upon themselves. “Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not (אִם, a particle used in an oath, equivalent to assuredly not) be expiated by slain-offerings and meat-offerings (through any kind of sacrifice) for ever.” The oath makes the sentence irrevocable. (On the facts themselves, see the commentary on 1Sa 2:27-36.)