SCRIPTURE READING
Isaiah 6:1-8
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,
high and lofty, and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs were
in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their
faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they
flew. 3 And one called to another and said,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”
4 The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called,
and the house filled with smoke. 5 And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for
I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet
my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been
taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 The seraph touched my mouth
with it and said, “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has
departed and your sin is blotted out.” 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord
saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here
am I; send me!”
Reader: Word of God. Word of life.
All: Thanks be to God.
