1 I n the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and honored. His long clothing spread out and filled the house of God.

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 O ne called out to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of All. The whole earth is full of His shining-greatness.”

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 base of the doorways shook at the voice of him who called out, while the house of God was filled 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, “It is bad for me, for I am destroyed! Because I am a man whose lips are unclean. And I live among a people whose lips are unclean. For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of All.”

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 which he had taken from the altar using a special tool.

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, “See, this has touched your lips, and your guilt is taken away. Your sin is forgiven.”

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 should I send? 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 these people, ‘You hear and hear but do not understand. You look and look but do not see.’

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 M ake the hearts of these people hard. May their ears hear little and their eyes see little. Or they will see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts, and turn again 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 destroyed and empty, and until houses are without people and the land is laid waste.

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 U ntil the Lord has taken men far away, and there are many places with no people in the land.

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

13 Y et one tenth part of the people will stay in it. But it will be burned again, like an oak tree whose roots are still there when it is cut down. The holy seed is all that will be left (of Israel).”

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.