11. Then the lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel.
12. I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.
13. I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them.
14. So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.”
15. Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the lord had said to him.
16. But Eli called out to him, “Samuel, my son.”“Here I am,” Samuel replied.