Isaiah 6

Isaiah’s Commission

1In the year of the death of Uzziah the king, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and raised throne, and the hem of his robe was filling the temple.

2Seraphs were standing above him. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.[#Literally “six wings six wings for one”]

3And the one called to the other and said,

“Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh of hosts!

4And the pivots of the thresholds shook from the sound of those who called, and the house was filled with smoke.[#Or “temple”]

5And I said, “Woe to me! For I am destroyed! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I am living among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the king, Yahweh of hosts!”[#Or “silenced”; #Literally “unclean of lips”; #With an emphatic sense: “in the very heart and midst of”; #Literally “unclean of lips”]

6Then one of the seraphs flew to me, and in his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

7And he touched my mouth, and he said,

“Look! This has touched your lips

8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,

“Whom shall I send?

And I said,

“I am here!

9And he said, “Go and say to this people,

‘Keep on listening and do not comprehend!

10Make the heart of this people insensitive,

so that it may not look with its eyes

11Then I said, “Until when, Lord?”

And he said,

“Until the cities lie wasted without inhabitant,

12and Yahweh sends the people far away,

13And even if only a tenth part remain, again she will be destroyed[#Literally “still in her a tenth”; #Literally “and she will again and she will be to burn”]

The seed of holiness will be her tree stump.”

2010 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software
Published by: Logos Bible Software