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1Sa_3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Ver. 13. For I have told him.] And he shall find that I told him so not in terrorem, only to frighten him.
For the iniquity which he knoweth.] Both by that prophet, {1Sa_2:29} and by that domestical chaplain, his conscience.
Because his sons made themselves vile.] Heb., Contemned or despised themselves - viz., by despising their ways, not ordering them aright {Pro_19:16} - and so have rendered themselves contemptible, or accursed, and the service of God also, by their maladministration: for who will taste of the fruit that first disliketh the tree?
And he restrained them not.] No, not so much as by frowning upon them - so the word signifieth - by casting a wry look toward them. A Christian should carry a severe rebuke in his countenance at least, as God doth. {Psa_80:16}