6:1 And it came to pass in the year in which
king Ozias died, [that] I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne,
and the house was full of his glory.
6:2 And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two
they covered [their] face, and with two they covered [their] feet, and with
two they flew.
6:3 And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy [is the]
Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
6:4 And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled
with smoke.
6:5 And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man,
and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean
lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.
6:6 And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a
coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs:
6:7 and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips,
and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.
6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who
will go to this people? And I said, behold, I am [here], send me. And he
said, Go, and say to this people,
6:9 Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; and ye shall see
indeed, but ye shall not perceive.
6:10 For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their
eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be
converted, and I should heal them.
6:11 And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until cities be deserted by
reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being
no men, and the land shall be left desolate.
6:12 And after this God shall remove the men far off, and they that are left
upon the land shall be multiplied.
6:13 And yet there shall be a tenth upon it, and again it shall be for a
spoil, as a turpentine tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk. |
6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw
also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train
filled the temple.
6:2 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.
6:3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of
hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
6:4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the
house was filled with smoke.
6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean
lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes
have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
6:6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
6:7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips;
and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who
will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
6:9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand
not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut
their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
6:11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be
wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be
utterly desolate,
6:12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking
in the midst of the land.
6:13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be
eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they
cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. |