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Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they hew.

And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory.

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Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

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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]

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Footnotes

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

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) One cried out to the other:

“Holy, holy, holy[b] is the Lord of hosts!
    All the earth is filled with his glory!”

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Footnotes

  1. 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).
  2. 6:3 Holy, holy, holy: these words have been used in Christian liturgy from the earliest times.