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Isaiah 6:5

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Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Armies!”

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Verse 5. Peace. It is proper for sinners to do so. Sirach 15:9. The prophet was grieved that he was unworthy to join in the acclamation of the Seraphim, and had reason to fear death. Genesis 16:13. Exodus 33:20. He finds himself less able to speak than before, like Moses. Exodus 4:10 and 6:12.

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