1 SAMUEL 2:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.”
If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him; but if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?—the rhetorical question (*mi yitpalel lo*: who will pray for him?) suggests the gravity of sin against God is beyond human remedy. Yet Hophni and Phinehas do not heed their father's words, for it was the will of the LORD to slay them—predestination and human responsibility are held in tension here. Divine decree moves toward judgment even as human exhortation fails.
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