9. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, the Lord; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10. The Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
11. The Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
12. In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
13. For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
14. Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”