Yitro (1) 1In the year that Melekh Uzi-Yahu died, I saw Adonai sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. 2Above Him stood the serafim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3And they called to each other, and said, “Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, is יהוה Tzeva’ot; the whole earth is full of His Kavod”. 4And the posts of the door were moved at the voice of them that called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5Then said I, “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 HaMelekh, יהוה Tzeva’ot”. 6Then one of the serafim flew unto me, with a glowing stone in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the Mizbe’akh; 7and he touched my mouth with it, and said, “Lo, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin expiated”. 8And I heard the voice of Adonai, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I; send me.” 9And He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but understand not; and you see indeed, but perceive not’. 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed”. 11Then said I, “Adonai, how long?” And He answered, “Until cities are wasted without inhabitant, and houses without man, and the land becomes utterly waste, 12and יהוה has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13And if there is yet a tenth in it, it shall again be eaten up; as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains, when they cast their leaves, so the kadosh seed shall be the stock thereof.”
אבִּשְׁנַת מוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ עֻזִּיָּהוּ וָאֶרְאֶה אֶת אֲדֹנָי יֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רָם וְנִשָּׂא; וְשׁוּלָיו מְלֵאִים אֶת הַהֵיכָל. בשְׂרָפִים עֹמְדִים מִמַּעַל לוֹ שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם שֵׁשׁ כְּנָפַיִם לְאֶחָד: בִּשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה פָנָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְכַסֶּה רַגְלָיו וּבִשְׁתַּיִם יְעוֹפֵף. גוְקָרָא זֶה אֶל זֶה וְאָמַר קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ יהוה צְבָאוֹת; מְלֹא כָל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ. דוַיָּנֻעוּ אַמּוֹת הַסִּפִּים מִקּוֹל הַקּוֹרֵא; וְהַבַּיִת יִמָּלֵא עָשָׁן. הוָאֹמַר אוֹי לִי כִי נִדְמֵיתִי כִּי אִישׁ טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם אָנֹכִי וּבְתוֹךְ עַם טְמֵא שְׂפָתַיִם אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב: כִּי אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ יהוה צְבָאוֹת רָאוּ עֵינָי. ווַיָּעָף אֵלַי אֶחָד מִן הַשְּׂרָפִים וּבְיָדוֹ רִצְפָּה; בְּמֶלְקַחַיִם לָקַח מֵעַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ. זוַיַּגַּע עַל פִּי וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה נָגַע זֶה עַל שְׂפָתֶיךָ; וְסָר עֲוֹנֶךָ וְחַטָּאתְךָ תְּכֻפָּר. חוָאֶשְׁמַע אֶת קוֹל אֲדֹנָי אֹמֵר אֶת מִי אֶשְׁלַח וּמִי יֵלֶךְ לָנוּ; וָאֹמַר הִנְנִי שְׁלָחֵנִי. טוַיֹּאמֶר לֵךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ לָעָם הַזֶּה: שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ וְאַל תָּבִינוּ וּרְאוּ רָאוֹ וְאַל תֵּדָעוּ. יהַשְׁמֵן לֵב הָעָם הַזֶּה וְאָזְנָיו הַכְבֵּד וְעֵינָיו הָשַׁע: פֶּן יִרְאֶה בְעֵינָיו וּבְאָזְנָיו יִשְׁמָע וּלְבָבוֹ יָבִין וָשָׁב וְרָפָא לוֹ. יאוָאֹמַר עַד מָתַי אֲדֹנָי; וַיֹּאמֶר עַד אֲשֶׁר אִם שָׁאוּ עָרִים מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב וּבָתִּים מֵאֵין אָדָם וְהָאֲדָמָה תִּשָּׁאֶה שְׁמָמָה. יבוְרִחַק יהוה אֶת הָאָדָם; וְרַבָּה הָעֲזוּבָה בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ. יגוְעוֹד בָּהּ עֲשִׂרִיָּה וְשָׁבָה וְהָיְתָה לְבָעֵר: כָּאֵלָה וְכָאַלּוֹן אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׁלֶּכֶת מַצֶּבֶת בָּם זֶרַע קֹדֶשׁ מַצַּבְתָּהּ.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 