In the year that king
Uzziah
died
I saw
also
the Lord
sitting
upon a throne
, high
and lifted up
, and his train
filled
the temple
.
Above it stood
the seraphims
: each one
had six
wings
; with twain
he covered
his face
, and with twain
he covered
his feet
, and with twain
he did fly
.
And one cried unto another, and said
, Holy
, holy
, holy
, is the LORD
of hosts
: the whole earth
is full
of his glory
.
And the posts of the door
moved
at the voice
of him that cried
, and the house
was filled
with smoke
.
Then said I, Woe
is me! for I am undone
; because I am a man
of unclean
lips
, and I dwell
in the midst
of a people
of unclean
lips
: for mine eyes
have seen
the King
, the LORD
of hosts
.
Then flew one
of the seraphims
unto me, having a live coal
in his hand
, which he had taken
with the tongs
from off the altar
:
And he laid it upon my mouth
, and said
, Lo, this hath touched
thy lips
; and thine iniquity
is taken away
, and thy sin
purged
.
Also I heard the voice
of the Lord
, saying
, Whom shall I send
, and who will go
for us? Then said
I, Here am I; send
me.
And he said, Go
, and tell
this people
, Hear
ye indeed
, but understand
not; and see
ye indeed
, but perceive
not.
Make the heart of this people
fat
, and make their ears
heavy
, and shut
their eyes
; lest they see
with their eyes
, and hear
with their ears
, and understand
with their heart
, and convert
, and be healed
.
Then said I, Lord
, how long? And he answered
, Until the cities
be wasted
without inhabitant
, and the houses
without man
, and the land
be utterly
desolate
,
And the LORD have removed
men
far away
, and there be a great
forsaking
in the midst
of the land
.
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return
, and shall be eaten
: as a teil tree
, and as an oak
, whose substance
is in them, when they cast
their leaves: so the holy
seed
shall be the substance
thereof.