{"book":"2-nephi","chapter":16,"edition":"paraphrase","verses":[{"number":1,"content":"The year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord. He sat on a throne, towering and majestic. His robe swept across the temple floor, filling every corner."},{"number":2,"content":"Above him hovered angels—seraphim. Each had six wings: two covering their faces, two covering their feet, and two for flight."},{"number":3,"content":"They called out to one another: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands heaven’s armies! His glory floods the whole earth!'"},{"number":4,"content":"The doorposts shook at the sound of their voices. Smoke filled the temple."},{"number":5,"content":"I cried out, 'I’m done for! I’m a man with a filthy mouth, living among people with filthy mouths. And I’ve just seen the King—the Lord who commands heaven’s armies!'"},{"number":6,"content":"Then one of the seraphim flew to me. In his hand he held a burning coal he’d taken from the altar with tongs."},{"number":7,"content":"He touched my lips with it and said, 'This has touched your lips. Your guilt is gone. Your sin is wiped clean.'"},{"number":8,"content":"Then I heard the Lord’s voice: 'Who should I send? Who will go for us?' I said, 'I’m here. Send me.'"},{"number":9,"content":"He said, 'Go tell this people: 'You’ll hear but never understand. You’ll see but never really get it.''"},{"number":10,"content":"'Make their hearts dull. Plug their ears. Cover their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts—and turn back and be healed.'"},{"number":11,"content":"I asked, 'Lord, how long?' He answered, 'Until the cities lie in ruins with no one left. Until the houses stand empty and the land is completely destroyed.'"},{"number":12,"content":"'Until the Lord drives everyone far away and the land is abandoned.'"},{"number":13,"content":"'Even then, a tenth will remain. But they’ll be destroyed again—like an oak or terebinth cut down, leaving only a stump. That stump is the holy seed.'"}],"paragraphing":{"paragraphBreaks":[{"verseNumber":5,"position":"before_verse","sortOrder":1},{"verseNumber":9,"position":"before_verse","sortOrder":2},{"verseNumber":11,"position":"before_verse","sortOrder":3}],"headings":[{"verseNumber":1,"position":"before_verse","text":"Isaiah Sees the Lord","level":3,"sortOrder":1},{"verseNumber":5,"position":"before_verse","text":"Cleansed and Called","level":3,"sortOrder":2},{"verseNumber":9,"position":"before_verse","text":"A Hard Message","level":3,"sortOrder":3}]}}