7 The Lord had not spoken to Samuel before, and Samuel did not recognize the voice.
8 When the Lord called out his name for the third time, Samuel went to Eli again and said, “Here I am. What do you want?”Eli finally realized that it was the Lord who was speaking to Samuel.
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!
12 I will punish Eli and his family, just as I promised.
13 He knew that his sons refused to respect me, and he let them get away with it, even though I said I would punish his family for ever.