Isaiah’s Vision
6 In the year of (A)King Uzziah’s death (B)I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim were standing above Him, (C)each having six wings: with two each covered his face, and with two each covered his feet, and with two each flew. 3 And one called out to another and said,
“(D)Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of armies.
The [a](E)whole earth is full of His glory.”
4 And the [b]foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the [c](F)temple was filling with smoke. 5 Then I said,
“(G)Woe to me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of (H)unclean lips,
And I live among a (I)people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the (J)King, the Lord of armies.”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the (K)altar with tongs. 7 He (L)touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and (M)your guilt is taken away and atonement is made for your sin.”
Isaiah’s Commission
8 Then I heard the (N)voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then (O)I said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9 And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on (P)listening, but do not understand;
And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’
10 (Q)Make the hearts of this people [d](R)insensitive,
Their ears [e]dull,
And their eyes [f]blind,
(S)So that they will not see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “Lord, (T)how long?” And He answered,
“Until (U)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
12 The Lord has (V)completely removed people,
And there [g]are many (W)forsaken places in the midst of the land.
13 Yet there will still be a tenth portion in it,
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an (X)oak
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
The (Y)holy seed is its stump.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:3 Lit fullness of the whole earth is His glory
- Isaiah 6:4 Lit door sockets
- Isaiah 6:4 Lit house
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit fat
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit heavy
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit sealed over
- Isaiah 6:12 Or forsakenness will be great
Cross references
- Isaiah 6:1 : 2 Kin 15:7; 2 Chr 26:23; Is 1:1
- Isaiah 6:1 : John 12:41; Rev 4:2, 3; 20:11
- Isaiah 6:2 : Rev 4:8
- Isaiah 6:3 : Rev 4:8
- Isaiah 6:3 : Num 14:21; Ps 72:19
- Isaiah 6:4 : Rev 15:8
- Isaiah 6:5 : Ex 33:20; Luke 5:8
- Isaiah 6:5 : Ex 6:12, 30
- Isaiah 6:5 : Is 59:3; Jer 9:3-8
- Isaiah 6:5 : Jer 51:57
- Isaiah 6:6 : Rev 8:3
- Isaiah 6:7 : Jer 1:9; Dan 10:16
- Isaiah 6:7 : Is 40:2; 53:5, 6, 11; 1 John 1:7
- Isaiah 6:8 : Ezek 10:5; Acts 9:4
- Isaiah 6:8 : Acts 26:19
- Isaiah 6:9 : Is 43:8; Matt 13:14; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Rom 11:8
- Isaiah 6:10 : Matt 13:15
- Isaiah 6:10 : Deut 31:20; 32:15
- Isaiah 6:10 : Jer 5:21
- Isaiah 6:11 : Ps 79:5
- Isaiah 6:11 : Lev 26:31; Is 1:7; 3:8, 26
- Isaiah 6:12 : Deut 28:64
- Isaiah 6:12 : Jer 4:29
- Isaiah 6:13 : Job 14:7
- Isaiah 6:13 : Deut 7:6; Ezra 9:2