As He spoketo me the Spiritenteredme and setme on my feet;and I heard[Him] speakingto me.
"However, You borewith them for manyyears,And admonishedthem by Your SpiritthroughYour prophets,Yet they would not giveear.Therefore You gavethem into the handof the peoplesof the lands.
Then the Spiritof the LORDfellupon me, and He saidto me, "Say,'Thussaysthe LORD,"Soyou think,houseof Israel,for I knowyour thoughts.
"Speaka parableto the rebellioushouseand sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Puton the pot,put[it] on and alsopourwaterin it;
Then the Spiritliftedme up, and I hearda greatrumblingsoundbehindme, "Blessedbe the gloryof the LORDin His place."
So the Spiritliftedme up and tookme away; and I wentembitteredin the rageof my spirit,and the handof the LORDwas strongon me.
The Spiritthen enteredme and made me standon my feet,and He spokewith me and saidto me, "Go,shutyourself up in your house.
"I will putMy Spiritwithinyou and causeyou to walkin My statutes,and you will be carefulto observeMy ordinances.
Now while he was talkingwith me, I sankinto a deepsleepwith my faceto the ground;but he touchedme and made me standupright.
But afterthe threeand a halfdays,the breathof lifefrom Godcameinto them, and they stoodon their feet;and greatfearfellupon thosewho were watchingthem.
And the Spiritof the LORDbeganto stirhim in Mahaneh-dan,betweenZorahand Eshtaol.
Then Samueltookthe hornof oiland anointedhim in the midstof his brothers;and the Spiritof the LORDcamemightilyupon Davidfrom that dayforward.And Samuelaroseand wentto Ramah.
