3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. 1 Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.
8:11 Be certain of this, 2 the time is 3 coming,” says the sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land –
not a shortage of food or water
but an end to divine revelation! 4
3:6 Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; 5
it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. 6
The sun will set on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads. 7
1 tn Heb “before Eli.”
2 tn Heb “behold” or “look.”
3 tn Heb “the days are.”
4 tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the
5 tn Heb “it will be night for you without a vision.”
6 tn Heb “it will be dark for you without divination.”
7 tn Heb “and the day will be dark over them.”