Isaiah 6

Isaiah Is Sent With a Message for the Lord’s People

1 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and lofty throne. The bottom of his robe filled the temple.2 Angelst were standing above him. Each had six wings: With two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

3 They called to each other and said,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies!The whole earth is filled with his glory.”4 Their voices shook the foundations of the doorposts, and the temple filled with smoke.5 So I said, “Oh, no!I’m doomed.Every word that passes through my lips is sinful.I live among people with sinful lips.I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”6 Then one of the angels flew to me. In his hand was a burning coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.

7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “This has touched your lips. Your guilt has been taken away, and your sin has been forgiven.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom will I send? Who will go for us?”I said, “Here I am. Send me!”9 And he said, “Go and tell these people,‘No matter how closely you listen, you’ll never understand.No matter how closely you look, you’ll never see.’10 Make these people close-minded.Plug their ears.Shut their eyes.Otherwise, they may see with their eyes,hear with their ears,understand with their minds,and return and be healed.”11 I asked, “How long, O Lord?”And he replied,“Until the cities lie in ruins with no one living in them,the houses have no people,and the land is completely desolate.12 The Lord will send his people far away,and a large area in the middle of the land will be abandoned.13 Even if one out of ten people is left in it,the land will be burned again.When a sacred oak or an oak is cut down, a stump is left.The holy seed will be the land’s stump.”

Isaiah 6

Isaiah’s Commission

1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death,s I saw the sovereign mastert seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.2 Seraphst stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,s and they used the remaining two to fly.3 They called out to one another, “Holy, holy, holyts is the Lord who commands armies!t His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”

4 The sound of their voices shook the door frames,t and the temple was filled with smoke.
5 I said, “Too bad for me! I am destroyed,t for my lips are contaminated by sin,t and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin.t My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies.”t6 But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.”t8 I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, “Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?”t I answered, “Here I am, send me!”

9 He said, “Go and tell these people:
‘Listen continually, but don’t understand!
Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

10 Make the hearts of these people calloused;
make their ears deaf and their eyes blind!
Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”s

11 I replied, “How long, sovereign master?” He said,
“Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated,
and houses are uninhabited,
and the land is ruined and devastated,

12 and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place,
and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.t

13 Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed,t like one of the large sacred treest or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down.t That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”t