1 In the year of 1KingUzziah'sdeath2I saw the Lordsitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robefilling the temple.
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Seraphimstoodabove Him, 3each having sixwings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
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And onecalled out to another and said, "4Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The 5wholeearth is full of His glory."
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And the foundations of the thresholdstrembled at the voice of him who called out, while the 6temple was filling with smoke.
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Then I said, "7Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of 8uncleanlips, And I liveamong a 9people of uncleanlips; For my eyes have seen the 10King, the LORD of hosts."
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Then one of the seraphimflew to me with a burningcoal in his hand, which he had taken from the 11altar with tongs.
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He 12touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and 13your iniquity is takenaway and your sin is forgiven."
Isaiah's Commission
8 Then I heard the 14voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then 15I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
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He said, "Go, and tellthispeople: 'Keep on 16listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.'
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"17Render the hearts of thispeople18insensitive, Their earsdull, And their eyesdim, 19Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed."
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Then I said, "Lord, 20howlong*?" And He answered, "Until**21cities are devastated and withoutinhabitant, Houses are withoutpeople And the land is utterlydesolate,
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"The LORD has 22removedmenfar away, And the 23forsakenplaces are many in the midst of the land.
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"Yet there will be a tenthportion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an 24oakWhosestump remains when it is felled. The 25holyseed is its stump."