1 Samuel 3:10-14 ▼

10 Then the LORD came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, |Samuel! Samuel!| Samuel replied, |Speak, for your servant is listening!|

11 The LORD said to Samuel, |Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.

12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house--from start to finish!

13 You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.

14 Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, 'The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.'|