1: In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord
sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the
temple. |
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2: Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with
twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with
twain he did fly. |
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And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the
LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. |
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4: And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that
cried, and the house was filled with smoke. |
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5: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for
mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. |
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6: Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in
his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: |
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7: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched
thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. |
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8: Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. |
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9: And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but
understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. |
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10: Make the heart of this people fat, 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 convert, and be healed. |
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11: Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the
cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the
land be utterly desolate, |
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12: And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great
forsaking in the midst of the land. |
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13: But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and
shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in
them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the
substance thereof. |