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

In the year of the death of king Uzziah -- I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple.

2 A bove 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.

Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two covereth its face, and with two covereth its feet, and with two flieth.

3 A nd one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

And this one hath called unto that, and hath said: `Holy, Holy, Holy, Jehovah of Hosts, The fulness of all the earth His glory.'

4 A nd the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

And the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke.

5 T hen 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, Jehovah of hosts.

And I say, `Wo to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

6 T hen flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

And flee unto me doth one of the seraphs, and in his hand a burning coal, (with tongs he hath taken from off the altar,)

7 a nd he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.

and he striketh against my mouth, and saith: `Lo, this hath stricken against thy lips, And turned aside is thine iniquity, And thy sin is covered.'

8 A nd 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.

And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: `Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, `Here I, send me.'

9 A nd he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

10 M ake the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they sea with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

11 T hen said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste,

And I say, `Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, `Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted -- a desolation,

12 a nd Jehovah have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land.

And Jehovah hath put man far off, And great the forsaken part in the heart of the land.

13 A nd if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.

And yet in it a tenth, and it hath turned, And hath been for a burning, As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, Have substance in them, The holy seed its substance!'