1. It was in the year King Uzziah died, that I saw Jehovah sitting on a high, lofty throne, and the temple was filled with his glory.
2. The seraphim stood all around him, each of whom had six wings that touched the wings next to them. Their first two wings covered their front sides, the second two wings covered their feet, and they flew with their third two wings.
3. They were shouting to each other and saying: holy, holy, holy is Jehovah of Armies… the whole earth is filled with his glory.
4. Well, the threshold of the temple shook at the sound of their shouting, and the temple became filled with smoke.
5. And I said: oh, I’m so unworthy and hurt by this, because I’m just an unclean man who lives among people with unclean lips! Yet now, I have beheld the king, Jehovah of Armies… I’ve seen him with my own eyes!
6. Then one of the seraphim was sent to me, and in his hand he carried a live coal that he’d taken from the altar with tongs.
7. So he touched it to my mouth and said: look! Now that your lips have been touched by this coal, it has removed all of your lawless deeds and it has purged you of all your sins.
8. Then I heard the voice of Jehovah ask: whom shall I send? Yes, who will go to these people? And I replied: look! I’m here! Send me!
9. And he said: then, go to these people and say: when it comes to hearing, you’ll hear, but no way will you comprehend. And when it comes to seeing, you’ll see, but no way will you understand.
10. Since the hearts of these people have hardened, their ears now listen too slowly, and their eyes cannot see, since their eyelids are closed. Thus, they will not hear with their ears nor will they see with their eyes. So their hearts will not understand and make them turn back, so I’d heal them.
11. And I asked: how long will this be true, O Lord? And he answered: until all the cities lie wasted and there are no people living there anymore… until no one is left in their homes and until the whole land has been ravaged.
12. Then, God will stay far from these people, as those who survive, multiply.
13. But, only one tenth will remain there, for the rest will be cut down like pine trees. However, like an acorn that stays in its shell, the holy seed will remain in the stump.