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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.

Seraphim stood above Him, ^(c)each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

And one called out to another and said, "^(d)Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The ^[a](e)whole earth is full of His glory."

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.

Then I said, "^(g)Woe is 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 hosts."

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.

He ^(l)touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and ^(m)your iniquity is taken away and your sin is ^[d]forgiven."

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!"

He said, "Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on ^(p)listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.'

"^(q)Render the hearts of this people ^[e](r)insensitive, Their ears ^[f]dull, And their eyes ^[g]dim, ^(s)Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed."

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,

"The Lord has ^(v)removed men far away, And the ^[h](w)forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

"Yet there will 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 felled. The ^(y)holy seed is its stump."