Isaiah, Chapter 6:

Verses from Isaiah 6 from the book of Isaiah in the Bible.

Isaiah's Call

• 1. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw a vision of the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, and the hem of his garment filled the temple.
• 2. Above him were seraphim; each of them had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
• 3. And they proclaimed to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
• 4. At the sound of their voices, the beams on the doorposts shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
• 5. Then I cried out: Woe is me! I'm lost! I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips; and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!
• 6. Soon one of the seraphim flew to me carrying a live coal, which 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 guilt will be removed, and your sin will be forgiven.”
• 8. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” And I replied: Here I am. Send me!
• 9. He said, “Go and say to this people, 'Hear with your ears, but you do not understand; look with your eyes, but you do not understand.'
• 10. Make the hearts of this people insensitive, make their ears heavy, and close their eyes; lest he see with his eyes, nor hear with his ears, nor understand with his heart, and be converted and be healed.”
• 11. Then I asked, “How long, Lord?” And he answered: “Until the cities are laid waste, without inhabitants; until the houses are abandoned and the fields are completely ruined,
• 12. until the Lord has driven them all away, and the land is desolate and empty.
• 13. Even if a tenth of the people remain in the midst of the land, they will be destroyed again. But as the terebinth and the oak have a trunk when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the trunk of this nation.”