⁵ “Woe^(A) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!^(B) For I am a man of unclean lips,^(C) and I live among a people of unclean lips,^(D) and my eyes have seen^(E) the King,^(F) the Lord Almighty.”^(G)

⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal^(H) in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷ With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips;^(I) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.^(J)”

⁸ Then I heard the voice^(K) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?^(L) And who will go for us?^(M)”

And I said, “Here am I.^(N) Send me!”

¹⁸ Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.^(A) We are signs^(B) and symbols^(C) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.^(D)