1 Samuel 03 God speaks to Samuel in dreams

 1 Samuel 03

God speaks to Samuel in dreams

1 And the young man Samuel served the Lord before Eli: And the word of the Lord was of great value in those days; there was no clear vision.

2 And it happened on that day that, while Eli was lying in his place (and his eyes were already darkening, which he could not see),

3 And while Samuel was already lying down, before the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord, in which was the ark of God,

4 The Lord called Samuel, and he said, Here I am.

5 And he ran to Eli and said, Here I am because you called me. But he said: I did not call you, lie down again. And he went and lay down.

6 And the Lord called Samuel again. Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, Here I am, because you called me. But he said: I did not call you, my son, lie down again.

7 But Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been made known to him.

8 The Lord called Samuel again a third time, and he got up and went to Eli, and said, Here I am, because you called me. Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy.

9 So Eli said to Samuel, "Go to bed, and if you call, you will say, Speak, Lord, for your servant hears." So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 Then the Lord came, and there he was and called, as before, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears.

11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Here am I going to do something in Israel, that everyone who hears it will ring both ears.

12 On that very day I will raise up against Eli all that I have spoken against his house: I will begin and finish him.

13 For I have already told him that I will judge his house forever, because of the iniquity that he knew well, because, having become his execrable children, he did not rebuke him.

14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli that the iniquity of the house of Eli will never be atoned for with sacrifice or with offerings of food.