1 I n the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

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

2 S eraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Above Him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two covered his face, and with two covered his feet, and with two flew.

3 A nd one called out to another and said, “ Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.”

And one cried to another and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!

4 A nd the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke.

And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 T hen I said, “ Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because 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.”

Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!

6 T hen one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with tongs from off the altar;

7 H e touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.” Isaiah’s Commission

And with it he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven.

8 T hen 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!”

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.

9 H e said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

And He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear continually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not apprehend with your mind.

10 “ Render the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes dim, Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed.”

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 hearts and turn again and be healed.

11 T hen I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered, “Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, Houses are without people And the land is utterly desolate,

Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until cities lie waste without inhabitant and houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate,

12 “ The Lord has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

And the Lord removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

13 “ Yet there will be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is its stump.”

And though a tenth remain in the land, it will be for their destruction like a terebinth tree or like an oak whose stump and substance remain when they are felled or have cast their leaves. The holy seed is the stump and substance.