Isaiah Chapter[BR] 6

1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, and His robe filled the temple.

2 Seraphim were standing above Him; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 And one called to another: Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; His glory fills the whole earth.

Isaiah Chapter[BR] 6

4 The foundations of the doorways shook at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, *and because my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Isaiah Chapter[BR] 6

7 He touched my mouth *with it and said: Now that this has touched your lips, your wickedness is removed, and your sin is atoned for.

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Who should I send? Who will go for Us? I said: Here I am. Send me.

9 And He replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.

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10 Dull the minds of these people; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.

11 Then I said, "Until when, Lord?" And He replied: Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants, houses are without people, the land is ruined and desolate,

Isaiah Chapter[BR] 6

12 and the LORD drives the people far away, leaving great emptiness in the land.

13 Though a tenth will remain in the land, it will be burned again. Like the terebinth or the oak, which leaves a stump when felled, the holy seed is the stump.