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This song belongs to the Isaiah collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Vision Opening] In the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah saw the throne set high. The train filled all the temple floor; Six-winged seraphim stood by. Two wings covered every face, Two concealed the feet from sight, Two bore each one through the air Around the everlasting light. [Seraph Refrain] Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts above. All the earth is full of glory; Thresholds shake beneath the sound. Holy, holy, holy, Smoke fills sacred ground. [Verse 2] Isaiah cried, "Woe is me, A man of lips unclean, Dwelling in a people stained, Yet now the King is seen." One seraph flew with altar coal, Touched his mouth where guilt had lain: "Thine iniquity is taken, And thy sin is purged from stain." [Call and Answer] Whom shall the Lord send? Who will go? Here am I. Send me. Though ears grow dull And eyes refuse, The prophet still must speak and see. [Final Refrain] Holy, holy, holy, Mercy met the trembling one. A remnant like a rooted stump Would wait beneath the sun. Here am I. Send me.

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Isaiah 6: Unclean lips before the living King

Isaiah 6 places the prophet himself inside the judgment he has been announcing. The year is marked by Uzziah's death, but the throne in the vision is occupied, the temple shakes, and the seraphim answer one another with "holy, holy, holy." Isaiah's first response is not a message for somebody else. He says "Woe is me," naming his own unclean lips among a people of unclean lips. A coal from the altar touches the place he confessed, and cleansing comes before commission. Only then does Isaiah answer, "Here am I; send me." The assignment, however, is no victory tour. He is sent to people who will hear without understanding, and when he asks how long, the answer is measured in empty cities and removed inhabitants. Yet the last image refuses absolute erasure. A felled tree still has substance, and Isaiah calls that remaining substance the holy seed.

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