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Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.
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And the Lord said to Samuel, See, I will do a thing in Israel at which the ears of everyone hearing of it will be burning.
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In that day I will do to Eli everything which I have said about his family, from first to last.
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And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.
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So I have made an oath to the family of Eli that no offering of meat or of meal which they may make will ever take away the sin of his family.
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And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.
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Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.
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And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.
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Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
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And Samuel became older, and the Lord was with him and let not one of his words be without effect.
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And it was clear to all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba that Samuel had been made a prophet of the Lord.