11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But (A)of hearing the words of the Lord.

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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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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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(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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And when Saul inquired of the Lord, (A)the Lord did not answer him, either by (B)dreams or (C)by Urim or by the prophets.

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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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“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

36 (A)But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were [a]weary and scattered, (B)like sheep having no shepherd.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:36 NU, M harassed

20 And though the Lord gives you
(A)The bread of adversity and the water of [a]affliction,
Yet (B)your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.
21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you (C)turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:20 oppression

I will lay it (A)waste;
It shall not be pruned or [a]dug,
But there shall come up briers and (B)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:6 hoed

15 Now Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you (A)disturbed me by bringing me up?”

And Saul answered, “I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and (B)God has departed from me and (C)does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.”

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