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63 lines
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Isaiah's Cleansing and Call
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# Chapter 6
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1. It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.
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2. Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
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3. They were calling out to each other,
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"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven's Armies!
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The whole earth is filled with his glory!"
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4. Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.
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5. Then I said, "It's all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies."
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6. Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
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7. He touched my lips with it and said, "See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven."
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8. Then I heard the Lord asking, "Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?"
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I said, "Here I am. Send me."
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9. And he said, "Yes, go, and say to this people,
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'Listen carefully, but do not understand.
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Watch closely, but learn nothing.'
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10. Harden the hearts of these people.
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Plug their ears and shut their eyes.
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That way, they will not see with their eyes,
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nor hear with their ears,
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nor understand with their hearts
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and turn to me for healing."
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11. Then I said, "Lord, how long will this go on?"
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And he replied,
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"Until their towns are empty,
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their houses are deserted,
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and the whole country is a wasteland;
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12. until the LORD has sent everyone away,
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and the entire land of Israel lies deserted.
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13. If even a tenth--a remnant--survive,
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it will be invaded again and burned.
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But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down,
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so Israel's stump will be a holy seed."
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