Isaiah 6:1-4

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Isaiah’s Commission

6 In the year that King Uzziah^(A) died,^(B) I saw the Lord,^(C) high and exalted,^(D) seated on a throne;^(E) and the train of his robe^(F) filled the temple. ²Above him were seraphim,^(G) each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,^(H) and with two they were flying. ³And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy^(I), holy is the Lord Almighty;^(J)
the whole earth^(K) is full of his glory.”^(L)

⁴At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.^(M)

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Isaiah 6:8-11

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⁸Then I heard the voice^(A) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?^(B) And who will go for us?^(C)”

And I said, “Here am I.^(D) Send me!”

⁹He said, “Go^(E) and tell this people:

“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’^(F)
¹⁰Make the heart of this people calloused;^(G)
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.^[a]^(H)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,^(I)
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”^(J)

¹¹Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”^(K)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined^(L)
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(M)
and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(N)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / ¹⁰This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes