⁶ One of the ·heavenly creatures [^LSeraphim; v. 2] flew to me with a hot coal [^Lin his hand] he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.

⁷ ·The creature [^LHe/It] touched my mouth with the hot coal and said, “·Look [^TBehold], your ·guilt [iniquity] is taken away, because this hot coal has touched your lips. Your sin is ·taken away [forgiven; covered; atoned for].”