Isaiah 6
6
The divine throne room
1In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, the edges of his robe filling the temple. 2Winged creatures were stationed around him. Each had six wings: with two they veiled their faces, with two their feet, and with two they flew about. 3They shouted to each other, saying:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of heavenly forces!
All the earth is filled with God’s glory!”
4The doorframe shook at the sound of their shouting, and the house was filled with smoke.
5I said, “Mourn for me; I’m ruined! I’m a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips. Yet I’ve seen the king, the LORD of heavenly forces!”
6Then one of the winged creatures flew to me, holding a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs. 7He touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips. Your guilt has departed, and your sin is removed.”
8Then I heard the Lord’s voice saying, “Whom should I send, and who will go for us?”
I said, “I’m here; send me.”
9God said, “Go and say to this people:
Listen intently, but don’t understand;
look carefully, but don’t comprehend.
10Make the minds of this people dull.
Make their ears deaf and their eyes blind,
so they can’t see with their eyes
or hear with their ears,
or understand with their minds,
and turn, and be healed.”
11I said, “How long, Lord?”
And God said, “Until cities lie ruined with no one living in them, until there are houses without people and the land is left devastated.” 12The LORD will send the people far away, and the land will be completely abandoned. 13Even if one-tenth remain there, they will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, which when it is cut down leaves a stump. Its stump is a holy seed.
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Isaiah 6
6
Isaiah’s Call and Mission
1In the year that King Uzziah#2Kg 15:1–7; Is 1:1; 14:28 died, I saw the Lord#Gn 32:30; Ex 3:1–6; 24:9–10; Jos 5:13–15; 1Kg 22:19; Is 31:3; Jn 1:18; 4:24; 12:41 seated on a high and lofty#Is 52:13; 57:15 throne,#Ps 9:7; 11:4; 45:6; Is 66:1; Jr 3:17; Ezk 1:26; 10:1; 43:7 and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2Seraphim#6:2 = heavenly beings were standing above him; they each had six wings:#Rv 4:8 with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.#Ezk 1:14 3And one called to another:
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Armies;
his glory#Ex 16:10; 24:16–17; 40:34–35; 1Kg 8:11; Is 35:2; 40:5; 60:1; Ezk 1:28; Lk 9:32 fills the whole earth.#Nm 14:21; Ps 72:19
4The foundations of the doorways shook#Ex 19:8; Hab 3:3–10; Rv 15:8 at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.
5Then I said:
Woe is me#Ex 33:20; Jdg 13:22; Is 59:3; Jr 9:3–8; Lk 5:8 for I am ruined#6:5 Or I must be silent
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,#Ex 6:12,30
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Armies.
6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar#Lv 6:12–13; 17:11 with tongs. 7He touched my mouth#Jr 1:9; Dn 10:16 with it and said:
Now that this has touched your lips,
your iniquity is removed
and your sin is atoned for.#Ex 21:30; 30:12–16
8Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking:
Who will I send?
Who will go for us?
I said:
Here I am. Send me.
9And he replied:
Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;#Mt 13:14–15; Mk 4:12; Lk 8:10; Jn 12:40; Ac 28:26–27
keep looking, but do not perceive.
10Make the minds#6:10 Lit heart of these people dull;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.#Zch 7:11–12; 1Th 2:16
11Then I said, “Until when, Lord?” #Ps 79:5; 89:46 And he replied:
Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants,#Is 1:7; 27:10
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,
12and the Lord drives the people far away,
leaving great emptiness in the land.
13Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed#Is 41:8; 43:5; 45:25; 53:10; 59:21; 65:9,23; 66:22 is the stump.#Is 11:1
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