Seraphim
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- And also this church, to put upon it thy name. And help us by the power of thy Spirit, that we may mingle our voices with those bright, shining seraphs around thy throne, with acclamations of praise, singing Hosanna to God and the Lamb!
- 2) Above it stood the seraphim; each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
- 3) And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.
- 4) And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
- 5) Then said I: Wo is unto 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 mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.
- 6) Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;
- 7) And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
- 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
- 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
- 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
- 5 ¶ Then 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 mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
- 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
- 6) And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- 8) And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
- 9) And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
- Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Notes
Meaning: Fiery Ones
Singular: Seraph
Plural: Seraphim, Seraphs, Seraphims
Some kind of heavenly being. It seems to have some similarity with an angel in the sense that it is a servant of god.
The word is often used as a synonym for "serpent". This as thought to be either because of their lustrous metallic appearance, or the burning sensation that accompanies their venomous bite.
The word is also connected to the concept of "lightning", a burning serpentine feature that strikes from the heavens.
Seraphim are used both to bless and curse.