Isaiah 6:1–13

Isaiah’s Vision

¹In 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.

²Seraphim 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.

³And one called out to another and said,

“^aHoly, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts,

The ^1bwhole earth is full of His glory.”

⁴And the ¹foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the ^2atemple was filling with smoke.

⁵Then 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.”

⁶Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the ^aaltar with tongs.

⁷He ^atouched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and ^byour iniquity is taken away and your sin is ¹forgiven.”

Isaiah’s Commission

⁸Then 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!”

⁹He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on ^alistening, but do not perceive;

Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

¹⁰“^aRender the hearts of this people ^1binsensitive,

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.”

¹¹Then 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,

¹²“The Lord has ^aremoved men far away,

And the ^1bforsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

¹³“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.”