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Isaiah 6:6-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Isaiah 6:6-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7 He touched my mouth with it. “See,” he said, “now that this has touched your lips,[a] your wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”(A)
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- 6:7 Touched your lips: Isaiah is thus symbolically purified of sin in preparation for his mission as God’s prophet.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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