“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you and do so severely if you hide anything from me that He told you.”

Saul declared to him, “May God punish me and do so severely if you do not die, Jonathan!”

If my father intends to bring evil on you, may God punish Jonathan and do so severely if I do not tell you and send you away so you may go in peace. May the Lord be with you, just as He was with my father.

May God punish me and do so severely if I let any of his men survive until morning.”