Isaiah 6:1-9 ▼

1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.

2 Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

3 And one called unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory.

4 And the posts of the door were moved at the voice of them that called, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 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.

6 Then flew unto me one of the seraphim, with a glowing stone in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;

7 and he touched my mouth with it, and said: Lo, this hath touched thy lips; And thine iniquity is taken away, And thy sin expiated.

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, And who will go for us? Then I said: 'Here am I; send me.'

9 And He said: 'Go, and tell this people: Hear ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not.