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1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw 'Adonay [Lord] sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. * With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. 3 One called to another, and said,
“More holy than the holiest holiness is Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]! †
The whole earth is full of his kavod ·weighty glory·!”
4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. ‡ 5 Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies]!”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. 7 He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your depravity (moral evil) is taken away, and your habitual sin ·missing the mark· forgiven.”
8 I sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of 'Adonay [Lord], saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
9 §*He said, ‘Go, and tell this people,
“You sh'ma ·hear obey· sh'ma ·hear obey·
yet still don’t understand;
and you indeed see,
but don’t perceive.” †
10 Make the heart of this people fat.
Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and sh'ma ·hear obey· with their ears,
and understand with their heart,
and turn again, and be healed.’ ‡ §
11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”
He answered,
“Until cities are waste without inhabitant,
and houses without man,
and the land becomes utterly waste,
12 And Adonai has removed men far away,
and the forsaken places are many within the land.
13 If there is a tenth left in it,
that also will in turn be consumed:
as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled;
so the holy seed is its stock.”
* 6:2 . Quoted in Rev 4:8 † 6:3 . Quoted in Rev 4:8 ‡ 6:4 . Quoted in Rev 15:8 § 6:9 (9-10) MP: Seeing the glory of Messiah, Israel still hardens her heart and refuses to acknowledge him. (John 12:37-41) * 6:9 (9-10) MP: Messiah speaks in parables so people hear but never understand; see but never perceive. (Matt 13:13-17) † 6:9 . Quoted in Luke 8:10; Rom 11:8 ‡ 6:10 . Quoted in John 12:40 § 6:10 . (9-10) Quoted in Matt 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Acts 28:26-27