Isaiah 6:5-11

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⁵“Woe^(A) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!^(B) For I am a man of unclean lips,^(C) and I live among a people of unclean lips,^(D) and my eyes have seen^(E) the King,^(F) the Lord Almighty.”^(G)

⁶Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal^(H) in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. ⁷With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips;^(I) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.^(J)”

⁸Then I heard the voice^(K) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?^(L) And who will go for us?^(M)”

And I said, “Here am I.^(N) Send me!”

⁹He said, “Go^(O) and tell this people:

“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’^(P)
¹⁰Make the heart of this people calloused;^(Q)
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.^[a]^(R)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,^(S)
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”^(T)

¹¹Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”^(U)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined^(V)
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(W)
and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(X)

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Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / ¹⁰This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes

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