1 In the year of the death of King Uzziah—I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. 2 Seraphim are standing above it: each one has six wings; with two [each] covers its face, and with two [each] covers its feet, and with two [each] flies. 3 And this one has called to that, and has said: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, [is] YHWH of Hosts, || The fullness of all the earth [is] His glory!” 4 And the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke. 5 And I say, “Woe to me, for I have been silent, || For I [am] a man of unclean lips, || And I am dwelling in [the] midst of a people of unclean lips, || Because the King, YHWH of Hosts, my eyes have seen.” 6 And one of the seraphim flees to me, and in his hand—a burning coal (with tongs he has taken [it] from off the altar), 7 and he strikes against my mouth and says: “Behold, this has struck against your lips, || And your iniquity is turned aside, || And your sin is covered.” 8 And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom do I send? And who goes for Us?” And I say, “Here I [am], send me.” 9 And He says, “Go, and you have said to this people, Hearing you hear, and you do not understand, || And seeing you see, and you do not know. 10 Declare the heart of this people fat, || And declare its ears heavy, || And declare its eyes dazzled, || Lest it see with its eyes, || And hear with its ears, and consider with its heart, || And it has turned back, and has health.” 11 And I say, “Until when, O Lord?” And He says, “Surely until cities have been ruined without inhabitant, || And houses without man, || And the ground is ruined—a desolation, 12 And YHWH has put man far off, || And the forsaken part [is] great in the heart of the land. 13 And yet a tenth in it, and it has turned, || And has been for a burning, || As a teil-tree, and as an oak, that in falling, || Has substance in them, || The holy seed [is] its substance!”
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Isaiah 6 Literal Standard Version
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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)