Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

VI. 1 In the year that king Uzziah died saw I the Lord sitting ’upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

2 Seraphim stood above him; each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

3 And one kept crying unto another, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of his glory.

4 And the bases of the thresholds were shaken at the voice (of him) that cried, and the house began to fill with smoke.

5 And I said, 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.

6 And there flew one of the seraphim unto me, and in his ’ hand a live coal, which. he had taken with the tongs from OH the altar;

[*](2. Lit. ‘six wings, six wings to one.’ ‘did fly,’ Imperfect tense.)[*](5. ‘undone’: the word might perhaps mean ‘silenced.’)
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7 And he made it touch my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin atoned for.

8 And 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.

9 And. he-said, Go, and say to this people, Certainly hear ye, but understand not; and see ye, but perceive not.

10 Make the heart of this people fat, and makeitheir ears heavy, and smear over their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and one heal them.