Isaiah Called to Be a Prophet
1 In the year that 2 Kin. 15:7; 2 Chr. 26:23; Is. 1:1King Uzziah died, I John 12:41; Rev. 4:2, 3; 20:11saw 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, Ezek. 1:11with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said:
Rev. 4:8"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
Num. 14:21; Ps. 72:19The 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 undone!
Because I am a man of Ex. 6:12, 30unclean 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 Rev. 8:3the altar. 7 And he Jer. 1:9; Dan. 10:16touched my mouth withit, and said:
"Behold, this has touched your lips;
Your iniquity is taken away,
And your sin purged."
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
"Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Gen. 1:26Us?"
Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
9 And He said, "Go, and Is. 43:8; Matt. 13:14; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Rom. 11:8tell this people:
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 "Make Ps. 119:70; Mark 6:1–6; Acts 7:51; Rom. 10:1–4the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
Jer. 5:21Lest 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:
Mic. 3:12"Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
12 2 Kin. 25:21; Is. 5:9The Lord has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 But yet a tenth willbe 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 Deut. 7:6; Ezra 9:2the holy seed shallbe its stump."