Isaiah 6

¹In the year in which king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, sublime and exalted, and the things that were under him filled the temple.

²The Seraphim were standing above the throne. One had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they were covering his face, and with two they were covering his feet, and with two they were flying.

³And they were crying out to one another, and saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts! All the earth is filled with his glory!”

⁴And the lintels above the hinges were shaken at the voice of the one crying out. And the house was filled with smoke.

⁵And I said: “Woe to me! For I have remained silent. For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live in the midst of a people having unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts!”

⁶And one of the Seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a burning coal, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

⁷And he touched my mouth, and he said, “Behold, this has touched your lips, and so your iniquities will be taken away, and your sin will be cleansed.”

⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send?” and, “Who will go for us?” And I said: “Here I am. Send me.”

⁹And he said: “Go forth! And you shall say to this people: ‘When you listen, you will hear and not understand. And when you see a vision, you will not comprehend.’

¹⁰Blind the heart of this people. Make their ears heavy and close their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.”

¹¹And I said, “For how long, O Lord?” And he said, “Until the cities are desolate, without an inhabitant, and the houses are without a man, and the land will be left behind, deserted.”

¹²For the Lord will take the men far away, and she who will have been left behind will be multiplied in the midst of the earth.

¹³But still, there will be a tithing within her, and she will be converted, and she will be put on display, like a terebinth tree and like an oak which extends its branches. And what will remain standing within her will be a holy offspring.

Isaiah 6

¹In the year that king Ozias died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and elevated: and his train filled the temple.

²Upon it stood the seraphims: the one had six wings, and the other had six wings: with two they covered his face, and with two they covered his feet, and with two they flew.

³And they cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory,

⁴And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

⁵And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

⁶And one of the seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a live coal, which he had taken with the tongs off the altar.

⁷And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.

⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send? and who shall go for us? And I said: Lo, here am I, send me.

⁹And he said: Go, and thou shalt say to this people: Hearing, hear, and understand not: and see the vision, and know it not.

¹⁰Blind the heart of this people, 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 be converted and I heal them.

¹¹And I said: How long, O Lord? And he said: Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land shall be left desolate.

¹²And the Lord shall remove men far away, and she shall be multiplied that was left in the midst of the earth.

¹³And there shall be still a tithing therein, and she shall turn, and shall be made a show as a turpentine tree, and as an oak that spreadeth its branches: that which shall stand therein, shall be a holy seed.