The foundations of the doorways shook(A) at the sound of their voices, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Then I said:

Woe is me(B) for I am ruined[a]
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,(C)
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Armies.

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken from the altar(D) with tongs.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:5 Or I must be silent

At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.(A)

“Woe(B) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!(C) For I am a man of unclean lips,(D) and I live among a people of unclean lips,(E) and my eyes have seen(F) the King,(G) the Lord Almighty.”(H)

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal(I) in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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