Isaiah 6 (New American Standard Bible)

Isaiah 6

Isaiah's Vision

 ¹In the year of ^(A)King Uzziah's death ^(B)I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

 ²Seraphim stood above Him, ^(C)each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

 ³And one called out to another and said,
         "^(D)Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts,
         The ^(E)whole earth is full of His glory."

 ⁴And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the ^(F)temple was filling with smoke.

 ⁵Then I said,
         "^(G)Woe is me, for I am ruined!
         Because I am a man of ^(H)unclean lips,
         And I live among a ^(I)people of unclean lips;
         For my eyes have seen the ^(J)King, the LORD of hosts."

 ⁶Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the ^(K)altar with tongs.

 ⁷He ^(L)touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and ^(M)your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven."

Isaiah's Commission

 ⁸Then I heard the ^(N)voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then ^(O)I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

 ⁹He said, "Go, and tell this people:
         'Keep on ^(P)listening, but do not perceive;
         Keep on looking, but do not understand.'
    ¹⁰"^(Q)Render the hearts of this people ^(R)insensitive,
         Their ears dull,
         And their eyes dim,
         ^(S)Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
         Hear with their ears,
         Understand with their hearts,
         And return and be healed."

 ¹¹Then I said, "Lord, ^(T)how long?" And He answered,
         "Until ^(U)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
         Houses are without people
         And the land is utterly desolate,
    ¹²"The LORD has ^(V)removed men far away,
         And the ^(W)forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
    ¹³"Yet there will be a tenth portion in it,
         And it will again be subject to burning,
         Like a terebinth or an ^(X)oak
         Whose stump remains when it is felled
         The ^(Y)holy seed is its stump."