Holy Scripture

Isaiah 6:5

A church father on this verse
“According to the Hebrew, Isaiah cries out in anguish and says, "Woe is me because I have held my peace, because I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people that has unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the Lord of hosts!" Because of his virtues, he deserved to enjoy the sight of God, and, bec…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Against the Pelagians 2.24

Source: Septuagint

Original

5And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.

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In context

3And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

4And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke.

— Isaiah 6:5 —

6And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs:

7and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips, and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.

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