1 | In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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2 | Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered
his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
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3 | And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of
hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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4 | And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the
house was filled with smoke.
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5 | Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean
lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have
seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
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6 | Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand,
which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
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7 | And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips;
and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
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8 | Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will
go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
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9 | And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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10 | Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut
their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
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11 | Then said I, Lord, how long? and he answered, Until the cities be wasted
without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly
desolate,
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12 | And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking
in the midst of the land.
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13 | But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be
eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they
cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
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