21 Woe, they that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

22 Woe, they that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to ’strong drink:

23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the justice of the just from him!

24 Therefore as the tongue of ﬁre devoureth the stubble, and the dry grass sinketh down in ﬂame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have rejected the law of the LORD of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched ’ his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were as refuse in the midst of the open places. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

18. ‘vanity,’ same word as ‘lies,’ lix. 4. Cf. Ex. xx. 7 ἐπὶ ματαίῳ).

27 None shall be weary, nor stumble among. them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

28 Whose arrows are sharpened, and all his bows bent, his ’ hoofs shall be counted like flint. and his wheels like. a whirlwind:

29 His roar is like a ’; he shall roar like young lions; and he growleth, and seizeth the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

30 And in that day he shall growl over him, as the growling of the sea; and if one look unto the earth, behold darkness, distress, and light; it groweth dark in the heavens thereof.

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.’

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.