In the year of aKing
Uzziah's
death
bI saw
the Lord
sitting
on a throne
, lofty
and exalted
, with the train
of His robe
filling
the temple
.
Seraphim stood
above
Him, aeach
having six
wings
: with two
he covered
his face
, and with two
he covered
his feet
, and with two
he flew
.
And one called
out to another
and said
, " aHoly
, Holy
, Holy
, is the LORD
of hosts
, The 1 bwhole
earth
is full
of His glory
."
And the 1foundations of the thresholds
trembled
at the voice
of him who called
out, while the 2 atemple
was filling
with smoke
.
Then I said, " aWoe
is me, for I am ruined
! Because
I am a man
of bunclean
lips
, And I live
among
a cpeople
of unclean
lips
; For my eyes
have seen
the dKing
, the LORD
of hosts
."
Then one of the seraphim
flew
to me with a burning
coal
in his hand
, which he had taken
from the aaltar
with tongs
.
He atouched my mouth
with it and said
, "Behold
, this
has touched
your lips
; and byour iniquity
is taken
away
and your sin
is 1forgiven
."
Then I heard the avoice
of the Lord
, saying
, "Whom
shall I send
, and who
will go
for Us?" Then bI said
, "Here
am I. Send
me!"
He said, "Go
, and tell
this
people
: `Keep
on alistening
, but do not perceive
; Keep
on looking
, but do not understand
.'
" aRender the hearts
of this
people
1 binsensitive
, Their ears
2dull
, And their eyes
3dim
, cOtherwise
they might see
with their eyes
, Hear
with their ears
, Understand
with their hearts
, And return
and be healed
."
Then I said, "Lord
, ahow
long
?" And He answered
, "Until
bcities
are devastated
and without
inhabitant
, Houses
are without
people
And the land
is utterly
desolate
,
"The LORD has aremoved
men
far
away, And the 1 bforsaken
places
are many
in the midst
of the land
.
"Yet there will be a tenth
portion
in it, And it will again
be subject to burning
, Like a terebinth
or an aoak
Whose
stump
remains when
it is felled
. The bholy
seed
is its stump
."