The Prophetic Call to Samuel

Now (A)the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord before Eli. And (B)word from the Lord was rare in those days; [a]visions were infrequent.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:1 Lit there was no vision spreading

The Lord Calls Samuel

The boy Samuel ministered(A) before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare;(B) there were not many visions.(C)

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(A)For many days Israel was without the true God and without (B)a teaching priest and without the Law.

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For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach(A) and without the law.(B)

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We do not see our (A)signs;
There is (B)no longer any prophet,
Nor is there anyone among us who knows (C)how long.

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.

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26 (A)Disaster will come upon disaster and (B)rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a (C)vision from a prophet, but the (D)Law will be lost from the priest, and (E)counsel from the elders.

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26 Calamity upon calamity(A) will come,
    and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,(B)
    priestly instruction in the law will cease,
    the counsel of the elders will come to an end.(C)

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Therefore it will be (A)night for you—without vision,
And darkness for you—without divination.
The (B)sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will become dark over them.

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Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.(A)
The sun will set for the prophets,(B)
    and the day will go dark for them.(C)

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