Isa. 6:1 |
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting on a high and lofty throne, and the train of His robe filled the temple. |
Isa. 6:2 |
Seraphim hovered over Him, each having six wings: With two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. |
Isa. 6:3 |
And one called to the other, saying: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah of hosts; / The whole earth is filled with His glory. |
Isa. 6:4 |
And the foundations of the threshold shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. |
Isa. 6:5 |
Then I said, Woe is me, for I am finished! / For I am a man of unclean lips, / And in the midst of a people of unclean lips I dwell; / Yet my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts. |
Isa. 6:6 |
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with an ember in his hand, [which] he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. |
Isa. 6:7 |
And he touched my mouth [with it] and said, Now that this has touched your lips, / Your iniquity is taken away, and your sin is purged. |
Isa. 6:8 |
Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us? And I said, Here am I; send me. |
Isa. 6:9 |
And He said, Go and say to this people, Hear indeed, but do not perceive; / And see indeed, but do not understand. |
Isa. 6:10 |
Make the heart of this people numb; / Dull their ears, / And seal their eyes; / Lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, / And their heart perceive and return, and they are healed. |
Isa. 6:11 |
And I said, For how long, Lord? And He said, Until cities lie devastated, / Without inhabitants, / And houses are without people, / And the land is devastated [and] a waste; |
Isa. 6:12 |
And Jehovah has sent men far away [from it,] / And desolate places abound in the midst of the land. |
Isa. 6:13 |
But there will still be a tenth part in it; / And it in turn is to be burned / Like a terebinth or an oak, / Whose stump remains after its felling; / Its stump will be a holy seed. |