Isaiah 6.1-8
Posted: 02 Nov 2006 @ 00:00
1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high
and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2Seraphs were in
attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces,
and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3And one called
to another and said:
‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.’
4The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and
the house filled with smoke. 5And 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; yet my eyes have
seen the King, the LORD of hosts!’
6Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken
from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7The seraph touched my mouth with it and
said: ‘Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your
sin is blotted out.’ 8Then 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!’