Isaiah 6:1-9

Isaiah's Vision of the Lord

1 In the year that 1King Uzziah died I 2saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[a] of his robe filled the temple.
2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had 3six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 And one called to another and said: 4"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; 5the whole earth is full of his glory!"[b]
4 And 6the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and 7the house was filled with smoke.
5 And I said: "Woe is me! 8For I am lost; 9for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the 10King, the LORD of hosts!"
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7 And he 11touched my mouth and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for."

Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for 12us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
9 And he said, "Go, and say to this people: 13"'Keep on hearing,[c] but do not understand; keep on seeing,[d] but do not perceive.'

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Cross References 13

  • 1. Isaiah 1:1; 2 Chronicles 26:16-21
  • 2. [John 12:41]
  • 3. Revelation 4:8
  • 4. [See ver. 2 above]
  • 5. Psalms 72:19
  • 6. Amos 9:1
  • 7. 1 Kings 8:10, 11; Revelation 15:8; [Exodus 19:18]
  • 8. [Judges 13:22]
  • 9. [Luke 5:8]
  • 10. Isaiah 33:17; Jeremiah 10:10; [1 Samuel 12:12]
  • 11. Jeremiah 1:9; Daniel 10:16
  • 12. See Genesis 1:26
  • 13. Cited Matthew 13:14, 15; Acts 28:26, 27; [Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; Romans 11:8]

Footnotes 4

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