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10 the Lord came and stood there, calling out as before: Samuel, Samuel! Samuel answered, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” 11 The Lord said to Samuel: I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears it ring.(A) 12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have said about his house, beginning to end. 13 I announce to him that I am condemning his house once and for all, because of this crime: though he knew his sons were blaspheming God, he did not reprove them.(B) 14 Therefore, I swear to Eli’s house: No sacrifice or offering will ever expiate its crime.[a]

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  1. 3:14 Lv 4:3–12 presents another view: the offering of a bull can expiate priestly sin.

10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!(A)

Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.(B) 12 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything(C) I spoke against his family—from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[a] and he failed to restrain(D) them. 14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, ‘The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned(E) for by sacrifice or offering.’”

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  1. 1 Samuel 3:13 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text sons made themselves contemptible