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In the year of the death of King Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and His lower extremity filled the Temple.
2.
Seraphim stood above for Him, six wings, six wings to each one; with two he would cover his face, and with two he would cover his feet, and with two he would fly.
3.
And one called to the other and said, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory."
4.
And the doorposts quaked from the voice of him who called, and the House became filled with smoke.
5.
And I said, "Woe is me for I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and amidst a people of unclean lips I dwell, for the King, the Lord of Hosts have my eyes seen.
6.
And one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal; with tongs he had taken it from upon the altar.
7.
And he caused it to touch my mouth, and he said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity shall be removed, and your sin shall be atoned for."
8.
And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here I am; send me."
9.
And He said, "Go and say to this people, 'Indeed you hear, but you do not understand; indeed you see, but you do not know.'
10.
This people's heart is becoming fat, and his ears are becoming heavy, and his eyes are becoming sealed, lest he see with his eyes, and hear with his ears, and his heart understand, and he repent and be healed."
11.
And I said, "Until when, O Lord?" And He said, "Until cities be desolate without inhabitant and houses without people, and the ground lies waste and desolate.
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And the Lord removes the people far away, and the deserted places be many in the midst of the land.
13.
And when there is yet a tenth of it, it will again be purged, like the terebinth and like the oak, which in the fall have but a trunk, the holy seed is its trunk."
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