Isaiah’s Vision

6 In the year of ^(A)King Uzziah’s death ^(B)I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. ² Seraphim were standing above Him, ^(C)each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. ³ And one called out to another and said,

⁴ And the ^[b]foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the ^[c](F)temple was filling with smoke. ⁵ Then I said,

⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the ^(K)altar with tongs. ⁷ He ^(L)touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and ^(M)your guilt is taken away and atonement is made for your sin.”

Isaiah’s Commission

⁸ Then I heard the ^(N)voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then ^(O)I said, “Here am I. Send me!” ⁹ And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

¹¹ Then I said, “Lord, ^(T)how long?” And He answered,

The Patmos Vision

^9 (A)I, John, your ^(B)brother and ^(C)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(D)kingdom and ^[a](E)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(F)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was ^(G)in the ^[b]Spirit on ^(H)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(I)like the sound of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “^(J)Write ^[c]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(K)seven churches: to ^(L)Ephesus, ^(M)Smyrna, ^(N)Pergamum, ^(O)Thyatira, ^(P)Sardis, ^(Q)Philadelphia, and ^(R)Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^(S)seven golden lampstands; ¹³ and ^(T)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(U)like ^[d]a son of man, ^(V)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(W)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴ His head and His ^(X)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(Y)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ His ^(Z)feet were like ^[e]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^(AA)voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ In His right hand He held ^(AB)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(AC)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(AD)face was like ^(AE)the sun ^[f]shining in its strength.

¹⁷ When I saw Him, I ^(AF)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(AG)placed His right hand on me, saying, “^(AH)Do not be afraid; ^(AI)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the ^(AJ)living One; and I ^[g](AK)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(AL)the keys of death and of Hades. ¹⁹ Therefore ^(AM)write ^(AN)the things which you have seen, ^[h]and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(AO)after these things.