1 Samuel 3:11 (GNV)

Passage

Then the Lord said to Samuel, Beholde, I wil doe a thing in Israel, whereof whosoeuer shall heare, his two eares shall tingle.

Nearby Context

1 Samuel 3:9 Therefore Eli saide vnto Samuel, Goe and sleepe: and if he call thee, then say, Speake Lord, for thy seruant heareth. So Samuel went, and slept in his place.

1 Samuel 3:10 And the Lord came, and stoode, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speake, for thy seruant heareth.

1 Samuel 3:11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, Beholde, I wil doe a thing in Israel, whereof whosoeuer shall heare, his two eares shall tingle.

1 Samuel 3:12 In that day I will raise vp against Eli all things which I haue spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an ende.

1 Samuel 3:13 And I haue tolde him that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth, because his sonnes ranne into a slaunder, and he stayed them not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "said", "samuel", "beholde", "israel", "whereof", "whosoeuer", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And the Lord came and stoode and..." into verse 12's "In that day I will raise vp...", so "lord" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 1 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.