Isaiah 6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah’s Call and Mission
6 In the year that King Uzziah(A) died, I saw the Lord(B) seated on a high and lofty(C) throne,(D) and His robe[a] filled the temple. 2 Seraphim[b] were standing above Him; each one had six wings:(E) with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.(F) 3 And one called to another:
4 The foundations of the doorways shook(I) at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.
5 Then I said:
Woe is me(J) for I am ruined[c]
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,(K)
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar(L) with tongs. 7 He touched my mouth(M) with it and said:
Now that this has touched your lips,
your wickedness is removed
and your sin is atoned for.(N)
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:
Who should I send?
Who will go for Us?
I said:
Here I am. Send me.
9 And He replied:
Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;(O)
keep looking, but do not perceive.
10 Dull the minds[d] of these people;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.(P)
11 Then I said, “Until when, Lord?”(Q) And He replied:
Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,(R)
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,
12 and the Lord drives the people far away,
leaving great emptiness in the land.
13 Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed(S) is the stump.(T)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:1 Lit seam
- Isaiah 6:2 = heavenly beings
- Isaiah 6:5 Or I must be silent
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit heart
Isaiah 6
International Standard Version
Holy is the Lord
6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon his[a] throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled the Temple. 2 The seraphim stood above him. Each had six wings:[b] with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he was flying. 3 They kept on calling to each other:[c]
“Holy, holy, holy[d] is the Lord of the Heavenly Armies!
The whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 The foundations of the thresholds quaked at the sound of those who kept calling out,[e] and the Temple was filled with smoke.
5 “How terrible it will be for me!” I cried, “because I am ruined! I’m a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of the Heavenly Armies!”
The Calling of Isaiah
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, carrying a burning coal in his hand that he had taken from the altar with tongs. 7 He touched my mouth and said, “Look! Now that this has touched your[f] lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sins[g] atoned for.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord as he was asking, “Whom will I send? Who will go for us?”
“Here I am!” I replied. “Send me.”
9 “Go!” he responded. “Tell this people:
“‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
keep[h] on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 Dull the mind[i] of this people,
deafen their ears,
and blind their eyes.
By doing so, they won’t see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back,
and be healed.”
11 Then I asked, “For how long, Lord?”[j]
He replied:
“Until cities lie waste,
without inhabitants,
and houses without people;
and the land becomes utterly desolate.
12 Until[k] the Lord removes people far away,
and there are many empty places
in the middle of the land.
13 Even though a tenth of its people remain[l] in it,
it will once again be burned,[m]
like a terebinth[n] or an oak tree,[o]
the stump of which, though the tree has been[p] felled,
still contains holy seed.”[q]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:1 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read a
- Isaiah 6:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads six wings, six wings; LXX reads six wings and six wings
- Isaiah 6:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read calling and saying
- Isaiah 6:3 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads Holy, holy
- Isaiah 6:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads of him who called out
- Isaiah 6:7 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsaf reads the
- Isaiah 6:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads sin
- Isaiah 6:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and keep
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit. Fatten the heart
- Isaiah 6:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Lord
- Isaiah 6:12 Lit. And
- Isaiah 6:13 Lit. tenth remains
- Isaiah 6:13 Or devastated
- Isaiah 6:13 I.e. a sacred tree used for idolatry; cf. Hos 4:13
- Isaiah 6:13 Or Asherah pole; i.e. felled oaks used for making idols; cf. Hos 4:13, Isa 44:14
- Isaiah 6:13 1QIsaa lacks though the tree has been; MT LXX read which, when
- Isaiah 6:13 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line
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