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“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. 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.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD
of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the
door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with
smoke.”
“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. 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: 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. 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.”
“9 ¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but
understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 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. 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, 12 And the LORD
have removed men far away, and [there be] a great forsaking in the midst
of the land. 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.” (Isaiah 6:1-13 AV)
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