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Isaiah 6

1 In the year in which Uzziah◦ the king died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, exalted and lifted·​·up; and His skirts were filling the temple.
2 Seraphim standing above Him, six wings, six wings to each one; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly.
3 And one called unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of Armies! The fullness of the whole earth is His glory!
4 And the posts◦ of the doorways were shaken◦ by the voice of those who called; and the house was filled with smoke.
5 And I said, Woe to me! For I am cut·​·off◦; for I▵ am a man◦ of unclean lips; and in the midst of a people of unclean lips do I▵ dwell; for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Armies.
6 And one from the seraphim flew to▵ me, and in his hand was an ember, which he had taken with tongs from upon the altar,
7 and he caused it to touch my mouth, and said, Lo! This has touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is removed, and thy sin is atoned·​·for.
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Behold me; send me.
9 And He said, Go, and say thou to this people, Hearing hear1 ye, but you will not understand; seeing see ye, but you will not know.
10 Make·​·fat◦ the heart of this people; make· its ears ·heavy, and besmear its eyes, lest it see with◦ its eyes, and with◦ its ears hear, and its heart understand, and turn·​·back, and there be healing done to it.
11 And I said, Until when, O Lord? And He said, Until the cities be laid·​·waste so that there be no inhabitant◦, and the houses, so that there be no man, and the ground be laid·​·waste into2 a desolation,
12 until Jehovah cause man to be·​·far·​·away, and there be much forsaken in the midst◦ of the land.
13 But still in it shall be a tenth part, and it shall return; and it shall be for sweeping·​·away, as the strong·​·oak and as the holly·​·oak◦ when the stump is cast·​·away from3 them; its stump shall be4 a seed of holiness.

1The doubling of the verb is quite common in Hebrew, and is translated with this repetition in the Heavenly Doctrine (see the note at Genesis 2:16).

2as in AC 3769:2

3as in AC 468:4

4as in AC 1025:11