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He touched my mouth and said, “Look! Now that this has touched your[a] lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sins[b] atoned for.”

Then I heard the voice of the Lord as he was asking, “Whom will I send? Who will go for us?”

“Here I am!” I replied. “Send me.”

“Go!” he responded. “Tell this people:

“‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
    keep[c] on seeing, but do not perceive.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:7 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsaf reads the
  2. Isaiah 6:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads sin
  3. Isaiah 6:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and keep

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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