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Above him stood the seraphim ;
each had six wings :
with two he covered his face ,
and with two he covered his feet ,
and with two he flew .
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And one called to another and said : "
Holy ,
holy ,
holy is the LORD of hosts ;
the whole earth is full of his glory ."
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And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called ,
and the house was filled with smoke .
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And I said : "
Woe is me !
For I am lost ;
for 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 !"
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Then flew one of the seraphim to me ,
having in his hand a burning coal which he had taken with tongs from the altar .
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And he touched my mouth ,
and said : "
Behold ,
this has touched your lips ;
your guilt is taken away ,
and your sin forgiven ."
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And I heard the voice of the Lord saying , "
Whom shall I send ,
and who will go for us ?"
Then I said , "
Here am I !
Send me ."
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And he said , "
Go ,
and say to this people : `
Hear and hear ,
but do not understand ;
see and see ,
but do not perceive .'
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Make the heart of this people fat ,
and their ears heavy ,
and shut their eyes ;
lest they see with their eyes ,
and hear with their ears ,
and understand with their hearts ,
and turn and be healed ."
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Then I said , "
How long ,
O Lord ?"
And he said : "
Until cities lie waste without inhabitant ,
and houses without men ,
and the land is utterly desolate ,
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and the LORD removes men far away ,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land .
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And though a tenth remain in it ,
it will be burned again ,
like a terebinth or an oak ,
whose stump remains standing when it is felled ."
The holy seed is its stump .