6It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.H8141H4428H5818H4194H7200H853H136H3427H3678H7311H5375H7757H4392H853H19642Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.H4605H5975H8314H259H8337H3671H8147H3680H6440H8147H3680H7272H8147H57743They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!”H7121H559H6918H6918H6918H3068H6635H776H4393H35194Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.H520H5592H5128H6963H7121H1004H4390H62275Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”H559H188H1820H376H2931H8193H3427H8432H5971H2931H8193H5869H7200H4428H3068H66356Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.H5774H259H8314H7531H3027H3947H4457H41967He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.”H5060H6310H559H5060H8193H5771H5493H2403H37228Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”H8085H6963H136H559H7971H3212H559H79719And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’H559H3212H559H5971H8085H8085H995H7200H7200H304510Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts and turn to me for healing.”H3820H5971H8080H241H3513H8173H5869H7200H5869H8085H241H995H3824H7725H749511Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied, “Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland;H559H136H559H5892H7582H3427H1004H120H127H8077H758212until the Lord has sent everyone away, and the entire land of Israel lies deserted.H3068H7368H120H7368H7227H5805H7130H77613If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned. But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.”H6224H7725H1197H424H437H4678H7995H6944H2233H4678
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that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.H8141
