6. Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
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!”
9. He said, “Go and tell this people: “ ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’