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# Chapter 6
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1 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.
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2 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.
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3 And one cried to another and said:
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“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
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The whole earth is full of His glory!”
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4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
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5 So I said:
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“Woe is me, for I am undone!
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Because I am a man of unclean lips,
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And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
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For my eyes have seen the King,
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The Lord of hosts.”
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6 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.
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7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said:
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“Behold, this has touched your lips;
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Your iniquity is taken away,
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And your sin purged.”
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8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
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“Whom shall I send,
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And who will go for Us?”
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Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
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9 And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
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‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
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Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
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10 “Make the heart of this people dull,
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And their ears heavy,
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And shut their eyes;
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Lest they see with their eyes,
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And hear with their ears,
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And understand with their heart,
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And return and be healed.”
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11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”
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And He answered:
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“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
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The houses are without a man,
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The land is utterly desolate,
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12 The Lord has removed men far away,
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And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
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13 But yet a tenth will be in it,
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And will return and be for consuming,
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As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
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Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
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So the holy seed shall be its stump.” |