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Isaiah 6

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¹ In the year thatⓐ King Uzziah died Iⓑ saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[1] of his robe filled the temple.

² Above him stood the seraphim. Each hadⓒ six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

³ And one called to another and said: ⓓ“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; ⓔthe whole earth is full of his glory!”[2]

⁴ Andⓕ the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, andⓖ the house was filled with smoke.

⁵ And I said: “Woe is me!ⓗ For I am lost;ⓘ for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen theⓙ King, the LORD of hosts!”

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

⁷ And heⓚ touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

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

⁹ And he said, “Go, and say to this people: ⓜ“‘Keep on hearing,[3] but do not understand; keep on seeing,[4] but do not perceive.’

¹⁰ ⓝ Make the heart of this peopleⓞ dull,[5] and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; ⓟlest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

¹¹ Then I said,ⓠ “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Untilⓡ cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste,

¹² and the LORD removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

¹³ ⓢ And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned[6] again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stumpⓣ remains when it is felled.” ⓤThe holy seed[7] is its stump.

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1	In the year thatⓐ King Uzziah died Iⓑ saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[1] of his robe filled the temple.
2	Above him stood the seraphim. Each hadⓒ six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3	And one called to another and said: ⓓ“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; ⓔthe whole earth is full of his glory!”[2]
4	Andⓕ the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, andⓖ the house was filled with smoke.
5	And I said: “Woe is me!ⓗ For I am lost;ⓘ for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen theⓙ King, the LORD of hosts!”
6	Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7	And heⓚ touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
8	And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go forⓛ us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
9	And he said, “Go, and say to this people: ⓜ“‘Keep on hearing,[3] but do not understand; keep on seeing,[4] but do not perceive.’
10	ⓝ Make the heart of this peopleⓞ dull,[5] and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; ⓟlest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
11	Then I said,ⓠ “How long, O Lord?” And he said: “Untilⓡ cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste,
12	and the LORD removes people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13	ⓢ And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned[6] again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stumpⓣ remains when it is felled.” ⓤThe holy seed[7] is its stump.

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