Isaiah 6

Isaiah’s Call and Mission

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1} In the year that King Uzziah^(A) died, I saw the Lord^(B) seated on a high and lofty^(C) throne,^(D) and His robe^(a) filled the temple. ^{Tools
2} Seraphim^(b) were standing above Him; each one had six wings:^(E) with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.^(F) ^{Tools
3} And one called to another:

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts;
His glory^(G) fills the whole earth.^(H)

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4} The foundations of the doorways shook^(I) at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.

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5} Then I said:

Woe is me^(J) for I am ruined^(c)
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,^(K)
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.

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6} Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar^(L) with tongs. ^{Tools
7} He touched my mouth^(M) with it and said:

Now that this has touched your lips,
your wickedness is removed
and your sin is atoned for.^(N)

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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.

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9} And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;^(O)
keep looking, but do not perceive.

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10}

Dull the minds^(d) 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.^(P)

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11} Then I said, “Until when, Lord?”^(Q) And He replied:

Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,^(R)
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,

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

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Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed^(S) is the stump.^(T)

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 6:1: Lit seam

b. Isaiah 6:2: heavenly beings

c. Isaiah 6:5: Or I must be silent

d. Isaiah 6:10: Lit heart

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 6:1: Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 14:28

B. Isaiah 6:1: Genesis 32:30; Exodus 3:1-6; Exodus 24:9-10; Joshua 5:13-15; Isaiah 31:3; John 1:18; John 4:24; John 12:41

C. Isaiah 6:1: Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 57:15

D. Isaiah 6:1: Psalm 9:7; Psalm 11:4; Psalm 45:6; Isaiah 66:1; Jeremiah 3:17; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1; Ezekiel 43:7

E. Isaiah 6:2: Revelation 4:8

F. Isaiah 6:2: Ezekiel 1:14

G. Isaiah 6:3: Exodus 16:10; Exodus 24:16-17; Exodus 40:34-35; Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 60:1; Ezekiel 1:28; Luke 9:32

H. Isaiah 6:3: Numbers 14:21; Psalm 72:19

I. Isaiah 6:4: Exodus 19:8; Habakkuk 3:3-10

J. Isaiah 6:5: Exodus 33:20; Judges 13:22; Isaiah 59:3; Jeremiah 9:3-8; Luke 5:8

K. Isaiah 6:5: Exodus 6:12; Exodus 6:30

L. Isaiah 6:6: Leviticus 6:12-13; Leviticus 17:11

M. Isaiah 6:7: Jeremiah 1:9; Daniel 10:16

N. Isaiah 6:7: Exodus 21:30; Exodus 30:12-16

O. Isaiah 6:9: Matthew 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26-27

P. Isaiah 6:10: 1 Thessalonians 2:16

Q. Isaiah 6:11: Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:46

R. Isaiah 6:11: Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 27:10

S. Isaiah 6:13: Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 45:25; Isaiah 53:10; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 65:9; Isaiah 65:23; Isaiah 66:22

T. Isaiah 6:13: Isaiah 11:1