In Context

5 Then I said, |Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!|

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.

7 He touched my mouth with it, and said, |Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.|

8 I heard the Lord's voice, saying, |Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?| Then I said, |Here I am. Send me!|

9 He said, |Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

10 Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.|

Isaiah 6:8 in Other Translations