Vision and Service Isaiah 6:1–13 WE may deal with this text as falling into three parts: the vision, its effect on the prophet, and his commission. I. The Vision. ‘In the year that King Uzziah died’ is more than a date for chronological accuracy. It tells not only when, but why, the vision was given. The throne of David was empty. God never empties places in our homes and hearts, or in the nation or the Church, without being ready to fill them. He sometimes empties them that He may fill them. Sorrow