but filled with action and power. In customary prophetic style, he becomes a messenger of the divine word by being drawn into this deliberative center. In contrast to the call narratives of Isaiah (chap. 6), Jeremiah (chap. 1), and Ezekiel (chaps. 1–3), however, the prophetic “I” recedes into the background, being overshadowed by the glory of God as in no other biblical depiction of the divine assembly. Even the sole first-person reference to the prophet in verse 6 is textually uncertain (see below).