Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 6:1-9

1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe1 filled the temple. 2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3And they were calling out to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts;all the earth is full of His glory.”

4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

5Then I said:

“Woe is me,for I am ruined,because I am a man of unclean lipsdwelling among a people of unclean lips;for my eyes have seen the King,the LORD of Hosts.”

6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7And with it he touched my mouth and said:

“Now that this has touched your lips,your iniquity is removedand your sin is atoned for.”

8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

“Whom shall I send?Who will go for Us?”

And I said:

“Here am I. Send me!”

9And He replied:

“Go and tell this people,‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’2

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Notes

1. Isaiah 6:1 Or the hem of His robe ↩
2. Isaiah 6:9 Hebrew; LXX ‘You shall be ever hearing, but never understanding; you shall be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Cited in Matthew 13:14, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10, and Acts 28:26 ↩

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