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Isaiah's Vision of the Lord
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# Chapter 6
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1. In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
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2. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
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3. And one called 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 foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
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5. And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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!"
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6. Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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7. And he touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."
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Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
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8. And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am! Send me."
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9. And he said, "Go, and say to 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 blind 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 hearts,
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and turn and be healed."
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11. Then I said, "How long, O Lord?"
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And he said:
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"Until cities lie waste
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without inhabitant,
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and houses without people,
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and the land is a desolate waste,
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12. and the LORD removes people far away,
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and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
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13. And though a tenth remain in it,
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it will be burned again,
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like a terebinth or an oak,
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whose stump remains
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when it is felled."
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The holy seed is its stump.
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