10 Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”

And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.”

11 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel (A)at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli (B)all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 (C)For I have told him that I will (D)judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because (E)his sons made themselves vile, and he (F)did not [a]restrain them. 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house (G)shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

15 So Samuel lay down until [b]morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:13 Lit. rebuke
  2. 1 Samuel 3:15 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX adds and he arose in the morning

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