Verse 11
1 Samuel 3:11
Free Bible Version
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The Lord told Samuel: “Pay attention, because I'm going to do something in Israel that will surprise everyone who hears it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הִנֵּ֧ה אָנֹכִ֛י עֹשֶׂ֥ה דָבָ֖ר בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל שֹׁ֣מְע֔/וֹ תְּצִלֶּ֖ינָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽי/ו
English Translation
And the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do something in Israel that when both ears of everyone who hears it, they will tingle."
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Chapter 3 Context
1
The boy Samuel served before the Lord under Eli's supervision. At that time messages from the Lord w...
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One evening, Eli had gone to bed in his room. His eyes were now so weak that he couldn't see.
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3
The lamp of God (Elohim) hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Lord's Temple where the...
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4
Then the Lord called, “Samuel!” He answered, “I'm here.”
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5
He ran to Eli, and said, “I'm here—you called me.” “I didn't call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed...
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6
Then the Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up, went to Eli and said, “I'm here—you called me.”...
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7
(Samuel hadn't yet come to know the Lord and had not received any message from him.)
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8
The Lord called again for the third time, “Samuel!” He got up went to Eli and said, “I'm here—you ca...
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9
Eli told Samuel, “Go back to bed, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, because your servant is li...
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10
The Lord came and stood there, calling just as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel answered, “Speak, be...
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11
The Lord told Samuel: “Pay attention, because I'm going to do something in Israel that will surprise...
12
That's when I will carry out against Eli and his family everything I have said, from beginning to en...
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13
I told him that I will judge his family forever because of the sins he knows about, because his sons...
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14
That's why I swore to Eli and his family, ‘The guilt of Eli and his descendants will never be remove...
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15
Samuel remained in bed until the morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Lord's Temple a...
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16
But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “I'm here,” Samuel answered.
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17
“What did he tell you?” Eli asked. “Don't hide it from me. May God (Elohim) punish you very severely...
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18
So Samuel told him everything and didn't hide anything from him. “It's the Lord,” Eli replied. “May...
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19
Samuel continued to grow up. The Lord was with him and made sure all he said was trustworthy.
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20
The Lord went on appearing at Shiloh, because there he revealed himself to Samuel and delivered his...
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