Isaiah, 6

1. In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne; his train filled the sanctuary.

1. In the year that King Uzzi'ah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

2. Above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings: two to cover its face, two to cover its feet and two for flying;

2. Above him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3. and they were shouting these words to each other: Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh Sabaoth. His glory fills the whole earth.

3. And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory."

4. The door-posts shook at the sound of their shouting, and the Temple was full of smoke.

4. And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

5. Then I said: 'Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh Sabaoth.'

5. And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for 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 King, the LORD of hosts!"

6. Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding in its hand a live coal which it had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.

6. Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

7. With this it touched my mouth and said: 'Look, this has touched your lips, your guilt has been removed and your sin forgiven.'

7. And he touched my mouth, and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin forgiven."

8. I then heard the voice of the Lord saying: 'Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here am I, send me.'

8. And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

9. He said: 'Go, and say to this people, "Listen and listen, but never understand! Look and look, but never perceive!"

9. And he said, "Go, and say to this people: `Hear and hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.'

10. Make this people's heart coarse, make their ears dull, shut their eyes tight, or they will use their eyes to see, use their ears to hear, use their heart to understand, and change their ways and be healed.'

10. Make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."

11. I then said, 'Until when, Lord?' He replied, 'Until towns are in ruins and deserted, houses untenanted and a great desolation reigns in the land,

11. Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without men, and the land is utterly desolate,

12. and Yahweh has driven the people away and the country is totally abandoned.

12. and the LORD removes men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

13. And suppose one-tenth of them are left in it, that will be stripped again, like the terebinth, like the oak, cut back to the stock; their stock is a holy seed.'

13. And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains standing when it is felled." The holy seed is its stump.