⁹ He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,^(A) the God of heaven,^(B) who made the sea^(C) and the dry land.^(D)”

¹⁰ This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.)

¹⁵ The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites.^(A) You must listen to him. ¹⁶ For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.”^(B)

¹⁷ The Lord said to me: “What they say is good. ¹⁸ I will raise up for them a prophet^(C) like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words^(D) in his mouth.^(E) He will tell them everything I command him.^{(F) 19} I myself will call to account^(G) anyone who does not listen^(H) to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.^(I)

¹⁸ When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer^(A) you in that day.^(B)”

¹⁹ But the people refused^(C) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want^(D) a king^(E) over us.

⁹ Then the Lord said to me, “There is a conspiracy^(A) among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. ¹⁰ They have returned to the sins of their ancestors,^(B) who refused to listen to my words.^(C) They have followed other gods^(D) to serve them.^(E) Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant^(F) I made with their ancestors.

¹⁴ If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.^{(A) 15} Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah^(B) on the day of judgment^(C) than for that town.^(D)

¹¹ Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.

¹⁵ Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah^(A) on the day of judgment^(B) than for that town.^(C)