Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Samuel 2:30-31

"Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father`s house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house." — 1 Samuel 2:30-31 (ASV)

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, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm,—

That is, "the strength of your family shall be taken away,"—