1 I n 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.

In 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.

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

Seraphim 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.

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

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

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

And the base of the doorways shook at the voice of him who called out, while the house of God was filled with smoke.

5 A nd 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.'

Then 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.”

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

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, with a burning coal which he had taken from the altar using a special tool.

7 a nd 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.'

He touched my mouth with it, and said, “See, this has touched your lips, and your guilt is taken away. Your sin is forgiven.”

8 A nd 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.'

Then 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!”

9 A nd 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.

He said, “Go, and tell these people, ‘You hear and hear but do not understand. You look and look but do not see.’

10 D eclare 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.'

Make 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.”

11 A nd 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,

Then 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.

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

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

13 A nd 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!'

Yet 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).”