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We do not see our emblems;
    there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is no one among us who knows how long.(A)

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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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11 The time is surely coming, says the Lord God,
    when I will send a famine on the land,
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
    but of hearing the words of the Lord.(A)

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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)

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Samuel’s Calling and Prophetic Activity

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.(A)

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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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26 Disaster comes upon disaster;
    rumor follows rumor;
they shall keep seeking a vision from the prophet;
    instruction shall perish from the priest
    and counsel from the elders.(A)

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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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13 The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

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13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over(A) you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.(B)

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while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.(A)

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God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles,(A) and by gifts of the Holy Spirit(B) distributed according to his will.(C)

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Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision,
    and darkness to you, without revelation.
The sun shall go down upon the prophets,
    and the day shall be black over them;(A)

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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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12 Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths, as a sign between me and them, so that they might know that I the Lord sanctify them.(A)

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12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths(A) as a sign(B) between us,(C) so they would know that I the Lord made them holy.(D)

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Her gates have sunk into the ground;
    he has ruined and broken her bars;
her king and princes are among the nations;
    guidance is no more,
and her prophets obtain
    no vision from the Lord.(A)

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Her gates(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(C) among the nations,
    the law(D) is no more,
and her prophets(E) no longer find
    visions(F) from the Lord.

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17 Then he said to him, “If now I have found favor with you, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.(A)

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17 Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign(A) that it is really you talking to me.

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It shall serve for you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of the Lord may be on your lips, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.(A) 10 You shall keep this ordinance at its proper time from year to year.(B)

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This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand(A) and a reminder on your forehead(B) that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.(C) 10 You must keep this ordinance(D) at the appointed time(E) year after year.

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