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.
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.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy,istheLORDof hosts: the whole earthisfull of his glory.
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Then said I, Woeisme! for I am undone; because Iama man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, theLORDof hosts.
Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand,whichhe had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
And he laiditupon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, HereamI; send me.
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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.
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,
And theLORDhave removed men far away, andthere bea great forsaking in the midst of the land.
But yet in itshall bea tenth, anditshall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substanceisin them, when they casttheir leaves: sothe holy seedshall bethe substance thereof.