Isaiah 6 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Isaiah's Vision

(cf. Eze 1:4–28 )

Isa 6:1And it came to pass in the year in which king Ozias died, that I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory.

Isa 6:2

Isa 6:2And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two they covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

Isa 6:3

Isa 6:3And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Isa 6:4

Isa 6:4And the lintel [fn]shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke.

Isa 6:5

Isa 6:5And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.

Isa 6:6

Isa 6:6And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs:

Isa 6:7

Isa 6:7and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips, and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.

Isaiah's Commission

Isa 6:8

Isa 6:8And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom [fn]shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, Behold, I am here, send me. And he said, Go, and say to this people,

Isa 6:9

Isa 6:9Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; and ye shall see indeed, but ye shall not perceive.

Isa 6:10

Isa 6:10 [fn] For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Isa 6:11

Isa 6:11And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until the cities be deserted [fn]by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate.

Isa 6:12

Isa 6:12And after this God shall remove the men far off, and they that are left upon the land shall be multiplied.

Isa 6:13

Isa 6:13And yet there [fn]shall be a tenth upon it, and again it shall be for a spoil, as a turpentine tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk.