5 So I said, “Oh, no!I’m doomed.Every word that passes through my lips is sinful.I live among people with sinful lips.I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”
6 Then one of the angels flew to me. In his hand was a burning coal that he had taken from the altar with tongs.
7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “This has touched your lips. Your guilt has been taken away, and your sin has been forgiven.”
8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom will I send? Who will go for us?”I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
9 And he said, “Go and tell these people,‘No matter how closely you listen, you’ll never understand.No matter how closely you look, you’ll never see.’
10 Make these people close-minded.Plug their ears.Shut their eyes.Otherwise, they may see with their eyes,hear with their ears,understand with their minds,and return and be healed.”
11 I asked, “How long, O Lord?”And he replied,“Until the cities lie in ruins with no one living in them,the houses have no people,and the land is completely desolate.