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. And one called to another and said:

(B)“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
(C)the whole earth is full of his glory!”[a]

And (D)the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and (E)the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! (F)For I am lost; (G)for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the (H)King, the Lord of hosts!”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he (I)touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth

Above him were seraphim,(A) each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,(B) and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy(C), holy is the Lord Almighty;(D)
    the whole earth(E) is full of his glory.”(F)

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.(G)

“Woe(H) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(I) For I am a man of unclean lips,(J) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(K) and my eyes have seen(L) the King,(M) the Lord Almighty.”(N)

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

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