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 on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe 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 it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he 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 posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, 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.”

So I said: “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 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 one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from 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 he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”

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 I said, “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: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

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 dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return 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 I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered: “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, 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.

The Lord has removed men 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).”

But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.”