Bible verse for August 17

⁷ Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, and the word of Yahweh had not yet been revealed to him. ⁸ Yahweh called Samuel a third time. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that Yahweh was calling the boy. ⁹ So Eli said to Samuel, “Go and lie down. If he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Yahweh, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. ¹⁰ Yahweh came and stood there and called as he had before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” ¹¹ Yahweh said to Samuel, “Look, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. ¹² On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken against his house, from beginning to end. ¹³ I told him that I would judge his house forever because of the iniquity he knew about: his sons were bringing a curse on themselves, and he did not restrain them.

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