1 Samuel 3:4-14

4Suddenly the Lord called out, “Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?”

5He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did.

6Then the Lord called out again, “Samuel!” Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.”

7Samuel did not yet know the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord before.

8So the Lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy.

9So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed.

10And the Lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

11Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.

12I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.

13I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them.

14So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.”