Isaiah 6
World English Bible
6 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. 3 One called to another, and said,
“Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies!
The whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. 7 He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
8 I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
9 He said, “Go, and tell this people,
‘You hear indeed,
but don’t understand.
You see indeed,
but don’t perceive.’
10 Make the heart of this people fat.
Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and turn again, and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”
He answered,
“Until cities are waste without inhabitant,
houses without man,
the land becomes utterly waste,
12 and Yahweh has removed men far away,
and the forsaken places are many within the land.
13 If there is a tenth left in it,
that also will in turn be consumed,
as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stump remains when they are cut down;
so the holy seed is its stock.”
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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