1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. 2 Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one called unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory. 4 And the posts of the door were moved at the voice of them that called, and the house was filled with smoke. 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. 6 Then flew unto me one of the seraphim, with a glowing stone in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar; 7 and he touched my mouth with it, and said: Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin expiated. 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said: 'Here am I; send me.' 9 And He said: 'Go, and tell this people: hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed.' 11 Then said I: 'Lord, how long?' And He answered: 'Until cities be waste without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land become utterly waste, 12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and the forsaken places be many in the midst of the land. 13 And if there be yet a tenth in it, it shall again be eaten up; as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they cast their leaves, so the holy seed shall be the stock thereof.'
Isaiah 6 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
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Uzziah
A strong, mostly faithful king whose pride in the temple brought him leprosy.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron. 26; Isa. 6:1; Matt. 1:8-9
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- 1 John 12:41; Revelation 15:8; Daniel 7:9; Psalm 113:5; Revelation 7:15–17
- 2 Revelation 4:8; Ezekiel 1:11; Psalm 103:20; Psalm 104:4; Isaiah 6:6
- 3 Revelation 4:8–9; Psalm 72:19; Numbers 14:21; Exodus 15:11; Ezra 3:11
- 4 Revelation 15:8; Revelation 11:19; 2 Chronicles 5:13–6:1; Exodus 40:34; 1 Kings 8:10–12
- 5 Luke 5:8–9; James 3:6–10; Jeremiah 9:3–8; Jeremiah 1:6; Matthew 12:34–37
- 6 Revelation 8:3–5; Hebrews 9:22–26; Ezekiel 10:2; Hebrews 13:10; Isaiah 6:2
- 7 Jeremiah 1:9; 1 John 1:7; Isaiah 43:25; Daniel 10:16; Matthew 9:2
- 8 Exodus 4:10–13; Acts 26:16–17; Ephesians 3:8; Acts 22:21; Isaiah 65:1
- 9 Matthew 13:14–15; Luke 8:10; Mark 4:12; John 12:40; Acts 28:26–27
- 10 Matthew 13:15; Acts 28:27; Jeremiah 5:21; Jeremiah 6:10; John 3:19–20
- 11 Psalm 94:3; Leviticus 26:31; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 24:1–12
- 12 Jeremiah 4:29; Deuteronomy 28:64; Isaiah 26:15; Jeremiah 12:7; 2 Kings 25:21
- 13 Job 14:7–9; Romans 11:5–6; Genesis 22:18; Romans 11:16–29; Isaiah 65:8–9
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For the Scripture saith, "Ten thousand times ten thousand stood around Him, and thousands of thousands ministered unto Him, and cried, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord of Sabaoth; the whole creation is full of His glory." And let us therefore, conscientiously gathering together in harmony, cry to Him earnestly, as with one mouth, that we may be made partakers …
After this invisible manner, therefore, did they see God, as also Esaias says, "I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts," pointing out that man should behold God with his eyes, and hear His voice.
… that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded, according as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of remorse, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
"For in them is fulfilled," saith He, "the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive." Seest thou the prophet likewise, accusing them with this same accuracy?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And this throne the Prophet Esaias having beheld before the incarnate coming of the Saviour, says, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the rest.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)