In the year of ^aKing Uzziah’s death ^bI saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, with the train of His robe filling the temple. 2 Seraphim stood above Him, ^aeach having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called out to another and said,“^aHoly, Holy, Holy, is Yahweh of hosts;The ^1bwhole earth is full of His glory.” 4 And the ¹foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called out, while the ^ahouse of God was filling with smoke. 5 Then I said,“^aWoe is me, for I am ruined!For I am a man of ^bunclean lips,And I live among a ^cpeople of unclean lips;For my eyes have seen the ^dKing, Yahweh of hosts.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the ^aaltar with tongs. 7 And he ^atouched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and ^byour iniquity is taken away, and your sin is atoned for.”

8 Then I heard the ^avoice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then ^bI said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9 He said, “Go, and tell this people:‘Keep on ^ahearing, but do not understand;Keep on seeing, but do not know.’

11 Then I said, “Lord, ^ahow long?” And He said,“Until ^bcities are devastated and without inhabitant,Houses are without people,And the land is devastated to desolation,