Isaiah 6:2-3
English Standard Version
2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had (A)six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:
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- Isaiah 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth
Isaiah 6:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Seraphim[a] were stationed above; each of them had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they hovered.(A) 3 One cried out to the other:
“Holy, holy, holy[b] is the Lord of hosts!
All the earth is filled with his glory!”
Footnotes
- 6:2 Seraphim: the plural of saraph (“to burn”), a term used to designate the “fiery” serpents of the wilderness (Nm 21:8; Dt 8:15), and to refer to “winged” serpents (Is 14:29; 30:6). Here, however, it is used adjectivally of the cherubim, who are not serpent-like, as seen in the fact that they have faces and sexual parts (“feet”). See the adaptation of these figures by Ezekiel (Ez 1:10–12; 10:4–15).
- 6:3 Holy, holy, holy: these words have been used in Christian liturgy from the earliest times.
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