1 Samuel 3:9-11

Contemporary English Version

⁹ So he said, “Go back and lie down! If someone speaks to you again, answer, ‘I'm listening, Lord. What do you want me to do?’ ”

Once again Samuel went back and lay down.

¹⁰ The Lord then stood beside Samuel and called out as he had done before, “Samuel! Samuel!”

“I'm listening,” Samuel answered. “What do you want me to do?”

¹¹ The Lord said:

Samuel, I am going to do something in Israel that will shock everyone who hears about it!