And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
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