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Isaiah's Vision of the Lord
6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train(1) of his robe filled the temple. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”(1) 4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
8And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
“‘Keep on hearing,(1) but do not understand;
keep on seeing,(2) but do not perceive.’ 10Make the heart of this people dull,(1)
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.” 11Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste, 12and the LORD removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned(1) again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump remains
when it is felled.”
The holy seed(2) is its stump.
Isaiah 6:1 - (1) 6:1 Or *hem*
Isaiah 6:3 - (1) 6:3 Or *may his glory fill the whole earth*
Isaiah 6:9 - (1) 6:9 Or *Hear indeed* (2) 6:9 Or *see indeed*
Isaiah 6:10 - (1) 6:10 Hebrew *fat*
Isaiah 6:13 - (1) 6:13 Or *purged* (2) 6:13 Or *offspring*
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Isaiah's Vision of the Lord
6 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train(1) of his robe filled the temple. 2Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”(1) 4And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
8And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
“‘Keep on hearing,(1) but do not understand;
keep on seeing,(2) but do not perceive.’ 10Make the heart of this people dull,(1)
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.” 11Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste, 12and the LORD removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned(1) again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump remains
when it is felled.”
The holy seed(2) is its stump.
Isaiah 6:1 - (1) 6:1 Or *hem*
Isaiah 6:3 - (1) 6:3 Or *may his glory fill the whole earth*
Isaiah 6:9 - (1) 6:9 Or *Hear indeed* (2) 6:9 Or *see indeed*
Isaiah 6:10 - (1) 6:10 Hebrew *fat*
Isaiah 6:13 - (1) 6:13 Or *purged* (2) 6:13 Or *offspring*