1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphim stood above him. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

3 One called to another,

4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then I said, “Woe is me! I am undone, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.” 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a glowing coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. 7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin is atoned for.” 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me.” 9 He said, “Go and say to this people, ‘Keep hearing, but do not understand; keep seeing, but do not perceive.’ 10 Make the heart of this people dull, make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn and be healed.” 11 Then I said, “How long, Lord?” He said, “Until cities lie desolate without inhabitants, houses without people, and the land is utterly desolate, 12 until the LORD has sent the people far away, and the abandoned places are many in the midst of the land. 13 Even if a tenth remains in it, it shall be consumed again, like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is its stump.”