The meaning is explained by 1 Samuel 2:36. Those who are not cut off in the flower of their youth will be worse off than those who are,…

The Service of the boy Samuel in the Sanctuary—The Dissolute Life of the Sons of Eli—The Doom of the House of Ithamar.

But now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Behold, t…

And the man of your
. Of his family, which should spring from him: whom I shall not cut off from mine altar: from se…

Those who allow their children to follow any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than …