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And he (A)touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for (B)us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

(C)“‘Keep on hearing,[a] but do not understand;
keep on seeing,[b] but do not perceive.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
  2. Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed

With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips;(A) your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.(B)

Then I heard the voice(C) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?(D) And who will go for us?(E)

And I said, “Here am I.(F) Send me!”

He said, “Go(G) and tell this people:

“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(H)

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