1In the year of the death of King Uzziah I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and his hems filled the temple.2Seraphim were standing above him; each had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.3One called to another and said, "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; the fullness of all the land is his glory."4The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of the one calling, and the house was filled with smoke.5I said, "Woe to me, for I am undone; I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."6One of the Seraphim flew to me with a glowing stone in his hand; he took it with tongs from the altar.7He touched my lip and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned."8I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" I said, "Here I am; send me."9He said, "Go and say to this people: Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not know."10Make the heart of this people fat, make their ears heavy, and smear their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, turn, and be healed.11I said, "How long, O Lord?" He said, "Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitant and houses without people and the land lies desolate."12The LORD has removed the man, and great is the desolation in the midst of the land.13Yet a tenth remains in it; it will return and be for burning like an oak or like an oak whose stump remains when it is felled; the holy seed is its stump.