| Chapter 6 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | 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. |
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3 | And one cried 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 moved at the voice of him that
cried, and the house was filled with smoke. |
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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 one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in
his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: |
| 7 | 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. |
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8 | 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. |
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9 | And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye
indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. |
| 10 |
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. |
| 11 | 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, |
| 12 | And
the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst
of the land. |
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13 | 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. |
