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In the year that kingUzziahdied I sawalso the Lordsitting upon a throne,high and lifted up, and his trainfilledthetemple.
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Above it stood the seraphims: each one had sixwings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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And one cried unto another, and said, Holy,holy,holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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And the posts of the door[a]moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone;[b] because I am a man of uncleanlips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of uncleanlips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
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Then flewone of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
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And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sinpurged.
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Also I heard the voice of the Lord,saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send[c] me.
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And he said, Go, and tell this people,Hear ye indeed, but understand[d] not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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Make the heart of this peoplefat, and make their earsheavy, 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.
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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[e]desolate,
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And the LORD have removedmen far away, and there be a greatforsaking in the midst of the land.
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But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holyseed shall be the substance thereof.