Samuel’s First Prophecy

Now (A)the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And (B)the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.

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The Lord Calls Samuel

The boy Samuel ministered(A) before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare;(B) there were not many visions.(C)

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(A)For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a (B)teaching priest, and without (C)law;

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For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach(A) and without the law.(B)

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We do not see our signs;
(A)There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.

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26 (A)Disaster will come upon disaster,
And rumor will be upon rumor.
(B)Then they will seek a vision from a prophet;
But the law will perish from the priest,
And counsel from the elders.

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26 Calamity upon calamity(A) will come,
    and rumor upon rumor.
They will go searching for a vision from the prophet,(B)
    priestly instruction in the law will cease,
    the counsel of the elders will come to an end.(C)

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“Therefore(A) you shall have night without [a]vision,
And you shall have darkness without divination;
The sun shall go down on the prophets,
And the day shall be dark for (B)them.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:6 Prophetic revelation

Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.(A)
The sun will set for the prophets,(B)
    and the day will go dark for them.(C)

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