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1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.
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1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.
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2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
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2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
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3 And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."
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3 And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."
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4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
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4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
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5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
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5 "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
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6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
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7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
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7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
