¹In the year of the death of King Uzziah, I saw the Lord^* sitting on a throne, high and exalted, and his robe-train filled the temple. ²Seraphim were standing around him, each having six wings. With two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. ³And one called to another and said,

His glory is the fulness

Of all the earth.”

⁴And the bases of the thresholds moved at the sound of the one calling, and the house became filled with smoke. ⁵Then I said,

“Woe is me,

For I am reduced to silence,

For I am a man of unclean lips,

And I live among a people of unclean lips,

For my eyes have seen the king

– The Lord of hosts.”

⁶And one of the Seraphim flew towards me, in whose hand was a hot coal in tongs, which he had taken from the altar. ⁷And he brought it in contact with my mouth, and he said,

“Look, this has touched your lips,

And your iniquity has departed,

And your sin has been expiated.”

⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord^*, who said,

“Whom shall I send,

And who will go on our behalf?”

And I said, “Here I am; send me.” ⁹And he said, ¹¹Then I said, “For how long is it, Lord^*?” And he said,

“Until the cities have become desolate,

For want of an inhabitant,

And houses, for want of a man,

And the ground will be laid waste in desolation.

¹²And the Lord will put man at a distance,

And the abandonment within the land will be great.

¹³But there will still be a tenth in it,

For that tenth will return,

But it will be ravaged.

Yet just as the terebinth and the oak

After felling retain a stump,

So shall the holy seed be, as its stump.”

Reference(s) in Chapter 6: v.3 ↔ Revelation 4:8 ● v.4 ↔ Revelation 15:8 ● v.9 ↔ Matthew 13:14, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10, John 12:40, Acts 28:26, Romans 11:8 ● v.10 ↔ Matthew 13:15, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10, John 12:40, Acts 28:27.