1 Samuel 3:4–14

⁴Then Yahweh called out to Samuel and he said, “Here I am!” ⁵And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, because you called me.” But he said, “I did not call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. ⁶And Yahweh called Samuel again, so Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, because you called me.” And he said, “I did not call you, my son. Go back and lie down.” ⁷Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, and the word of Yahweh had not yet been revealed to him. ⁸Again Yahweh called Samuel a third time, so he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, because you called me.” Then Eli realized that Yahweh was calling the boy. ⁹So Eli said to Samuel “Go lie down. If he calls^d to you, then you must say, ‘Speak Yahweh, because your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

¹⁰Then Yahweh came and stood there and called out as before,^e “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, because your servant is listening.” ¹¹So Yahweh said to Samuel, “Look, I am doing something in Israel which will cause^f the two ears of everyone who hears it to tingle. ¹²On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken against his household, from beginning to end.^{g 13}I will make him know that I am about to judge his household forever because of the iniquity that he knew, for his sons were bringing curses on themselves,^h but he did not rebuke them. ¹⁴Therefore I swore to the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli would not be atoned forⁱ by sacrifice or by offering forever.”