Isaiah

Isaiah’s Call and Mission

6 †In the year that King Uzziah  died, I saw the Lord  seated on a high and lofty  throne,  and His robe A filled the temple. 2 Seraphim  were standing above Him; each one had six wings:  with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.  3 And one called to another:

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of •Hosts;His glory  fills the whole earth. 

4 The foundations of the doorways shook  at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 Then I said:

Woe is me  for I am ruined Bbecause I am a man of •unclean lipsand live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King,the Lord of Hosts.

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

Now that this has touched your lips,your wickedness is removedand your sin is atoned for. 

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

Who should I send?Who will go for Us?

I said:

Here I am. Send me.

9† And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.10 Dull the minds C of these people;deafen their ears and blind their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their minds,turn back, and be healed. 

11 Then I said, “Until when, Lord? ”  And He replied:

Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants, houses are without people,the land is ruined and desolate,12 and the Lord drives the people far away,leaving great emptiness in the land.13 Though a tenth will remain in the land,it will be burned again.Like the terebinth or the oakthat leaves a stump when felled,the holy •seed  is the stump.