In the year that king ῾Uzziyyahu died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Serafim stood above him: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly.

And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am ruined; because I am a man of 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.

Then one of the serafim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from off the altar:

and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is purged.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear indeed, but understand not; and see indeed, but perceive not.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and smear over their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return, and be healed.

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

and the Lord has removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

And if one tenth remain in it, then that shall again be consumed: but like a terebinth and like an oak, whose stump remains when they cast their leaves, so the holy seed is its immovable stump.