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Isaiah 6
New King James Version

### Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet(A)

6 In the year that (B)King Uzziah died, I (C)saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, (D)with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said:

(E)“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
(F)The whole earth is full of His glory!”

4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 So I said:

“Woe is me, for I am [a]undone!
Because I am a man of (G)unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from (H)the altar. 7 And he (I)touched my mouth with it, and said:

“Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin [b]purged.”

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for (J)Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

9 And He said, “Go, and (K)tell this people:

‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

10 “Make (L)the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
(M)Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”

11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”

And He answered:

(N)“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
12 (O)The Lord has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 But yet a tenth will be in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So (P)the holy seed shall be its stump.”

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 6:5 destroyed, cut off
2. Isaiah 6:7 atoned for

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 6:1 : cf. Ezek. 1:4–28
2. Isaiah 6:1 : 2 Kin. 15:7; 2 Chr. 26:23; Is. 1:1
3. Isaiah 6:1 : John 12:41; Rev. 4:2, 3; 20:11
4. Isaiah 6:2 : Ezek. 1:11
5. Isaiah 6:3 : Rev. 4:8
6. Isaiah 6:3 : Num. 14:21; Ps. 72:19
7. Isaiah 6:5 : Ex. 6:12, 30
8. Isaiah 6:6 : Rev. 8:3
9. Isaiah 6:7 : Jer. 1:9; Dan. 10:16
10. Isaiah 6:8 : Gen. 1:26
11. Isaiah 6:9 : Is. 43:8; Matt. 13:14; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Rom. 11:8
12. Isaiah 6:10 : Ps. 119:70; Mark 6:1–6; Acts 7:51; Rom. 10:1–4
13. Isaiah 6:10 : Jer. 5:21
14. Isaiah 6:11 : Mic. 3:12
15. Isaiah 6:12 : 2 Kin. 25:21; Is. 5:9
16. Isaiah 6:13 : Deut. 7:6; Ezra 9:2

New King James Version (NKJV)

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